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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Sweet Pea var Painted Lady. CUL-DAR77.35a. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2020. RN2

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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Sweet Pea var Painted Lady.

[in pencil:] Keep

Two flowers fert. by cross with pollen of Purple Sw. Pea produced 2 pods with 3 & 7 seeds. 5 or Six Pods, not fertilised & self fertilised produced 38 peas. Max. 8 Minimum 5.

(From indirect evidence I believe these peas are not useful; but I saw peculiar Bee visiting them in manner, depressing keel & rubbing stigma on body which wd cross them. Lett. saw Humble sucking, but it sucked nectar & did not depress keel.—)

(The 10 crossed peas weighed 15.24 gr & 10 good uncrossed peas weighed 14.15 gr.— so a little heavier.)

Planted out. 6th. 2°. 30'

Crossed (These all died)

Uncrossed or Spont. fert

Oct. 9th. 2° 30'

― 10 a second & third.

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