RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Crossed Plants within 5 per cent of height of self-fert(ilised) Plants. CUL-DAR77.103-105b. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Text prepared and edited by John van Wyhe. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.  The volumes CUL-DAR 76-79 contain material for Darwin's book Cross and self fertilisation (1876).


103

Crossed Plants within 5 per cent of height of self-fert Plants

Adonis             100

Viscaria           97

Phaseolus        96

Passiflora        104

Apium             100

Specularia       98

Vandellia        96

Borago            102

Nicotiana        96

Primula           100

Canna 101

11 species       1090

109000 [÷] 11 [=] 9.999        

           

            1090

[+] Nolana      105

            [=] 1195

 

☞ 1195 [÷] 12 [=] 9958    4 places

= say 100

 

 

Self-fert plants more than 5 per cent taller than crossed Plants

Hibiscus          109

Pisum 115

Bartonia          107

Thunbergia     108

Eschscholtz     107

5 species         546

 

546 [÷] 5 [=] 109.2

104

Mean height of Plants crossed by fresh stock above Self-fertilised Plants.

 

Ipomnara         78

Mimulus          52

Iberis  89

Eschschuliza   109

Dianthus          81

Pisum 67

Lathyrus          83.

Petunia            66

Nicotiana        60

Anagallis         66.

Primula           46

Do       85

(12 species)     882

 

 

average    73.5

   say 74.

 

Also subtract Eschsoltzia 109 & divide by 11.

 

882 [÷] 12 [=] 73.5

 

826 (+?) [illeg]    49 [+] 13 [=] 62

 

105

Crossed Plants exceeding self-fertilised by above 5 per cent — in pots

 

Ipomaea          77

Mimulus          64

Viola   42

Delphinium (84)

72

Dianthus          92

Pelargonium    74

Tropaeolum    79.

Limnanthes     79

Lupinus           { 82 86

Sarothamnus   46

Ononis             88

Clarkia            82

Scabiosa          90

Lactuca           82

Specularia      

Lobelia            82

Ditto    93

Digitalis          70

Calceolaria     77

Linaria            81.

Verbascum      86

Gesneria          90

Salvia 76

Origanum        86

Brassica          95

Iberis   86

Papaver           89

Reseda            85

Do       87

Nemophila      49

Nolana (105)

89

Petunia            71

Cyclamen        79

            2606

       

Brought forward

2606

Anagallis         69

Fagopyrum      69

Beta     87

Zea      89

Phalaris           92

(38 species) (divide 3 places)             3012

 

 

average    79.2

 Total for all species

   38 — 3012

   11 — 1090

   5 — 546

Grand total 54    4646

Grand average    86.04

 

   15

56 + D

105b

3012 [÷] 38 [=] 79.2

 

4646 [÷] 54 [=] 86.04

 

105bv

389 25

 

   72

 

82 [+] 85 [+] 73 [=] 260

24 [+] 35 [+] 9 [+] 10 [=] 78 [+] 4 [=] 82


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