RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1858.07-.08.13. Of the sweet Peas fertilised last year one pod produced some plants. CUL-DAR77.26b. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2023. 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).
"Lettington, Henry, c.1822/3-c.1910. Gardener in 1851 census. 1854-79 Gardener at Down House. L of CD "He moons about in the garden, and I have seen him standing doing nothing before a flower for ten minutes at a time. If only he had something to do I believe he would be better". Lubbock, Darwin-Wallace celebrations of the Lin. Soc. of London, 1908, pp. 57-8. Helped CD in his experiments on the crossing of plants. […] 1882 L was on "Personal Friends invited" list for CD's funeral. 1895 Jul. Alive." Extract from Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021.
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July. 1858— Of the sweet Peas, fertilised last year one pod produced some plants exactly like mother, (viz dark purple standard & dark blue wings) & another exactly like father (I speak after comparison) (viz standard pink, wings & keel white; but former on opening bud just tinged. — The other pod from same parent produced all except one dark purple like Father, but one plant apparently with more pink wings. — /over
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Lettington has sent me one of my crossed sweet Peas, which exactly agrees with that which had wings pink, but pink perhaps in my cross rather more veined— but I am not sure of this as carriage has made the standard veined also —
Ch 3
L sent me 2 flowers frm my crossed K. Bean & two of the flowers differ greatly wh cream & pale purple.—
Aug 13' As the season went on, most (more especially one plant) became more blotched in wings & did not alas, look like any of the varieties— Perhaps might be overlooked. —
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