RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1867. Sweet Pea / in one lot of Scarlet var a plant of Purple came up. CUL-DAR77.28. 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).
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Sweet Pea 1867.
in One lot of Scarlet. var. a plant of Purples came up.— Marked with white wool
In a second lot of Scarlet
a Purple came up, marked with Black wool also a Painted Lady marked with white + black wool
Seed saved & planted to see if next year some still more false by variation or show signs of havng been crossed. —
I again noticed this year the peculiar Bee like Hive apparently fertilising these Peas.—
(Bees)
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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