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Jan 31— 1870 Measured to tips of Leaves

As planted separately no severe competition. Plants turned out of Pots as in last page — Now measured to tips of flower-stems

Pot	Crossed	Self	Crossed		Selfs
			No' of stems	Height No of stems	Height
6 crossed	7		8	58 6/	8	60
				56		55 4/
7 crossed	5 3/		13	57 6/	3	46 5/
				58		23
8 crossed	6		5	50	1	46 6/
				[excised]		45 2/
6 self		6 1/		[excised]	8	[excised]
7 self		6 3/		[excised]	3	[excised]
8 self		5 1/		[excised]	12	[excised]
	18 3/8	17 7/8	26		23	[excised]1/8

 

July 19— 1871. (2 flower-stems measured in each pot.)

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Digitalis purpurea (see Port about fertility of first crosses) Seeds. germ. on sand.

Nov. 21. 1869. The crossed plants in most pots are perhaps a shade finer than selfs — now about 5 inches to tips of leaves.

Measured to tips of Leaves, 2 finest plants on each side

Jan. 31 1870

Pot	Crossed	Self	Crossed		Self-fert
			No' of flower stems	Height of do	No' of stems	Height of do.
2	8 6/8	7 3/8	2	[excised]	1	[excised]
	7	6	1	[excised]	4	[excised]
			6	[excised]	0	[excised]
			2	[excised]	0	[excised]
1	7 4/	6 5/	1	[excised]	1	[excised]
	6 5/	7	1	[excised]	1	[excised]
			8.	[excised]	1 (half)	[excised]
3	6 3/	6 5/	4	[excised]	4	[excised]
	5 5/	6	7	[excised]	0	[excised]
			4	[excised]	0	[excised]
			1	[excised]	0	[excised]
5	5 6/	7 2/	9	[excised]	2	[excised]
	6 5/	6 4/	5	[excised]	1	[excised]
			(no fl.) but plnt alive.	[excised]	0	[excised]
4	7 4/	5 4/	4	[excised]	0	[excised]
	6 4/	5 2/	3	[excised]	0	[excised]
			6	[excised]	0	[excised]
	68 1/8 [÷] 10	64 1/8 [÷] 10	64	[excised]

July 17. 1871. This second measurement was when flower-stems fully grown. The tallest on each plant measured.—

The plant had been turned out of pots into open ground; the balls not being disturbed.— Originally an equal number of plants had been planted; & all survived for a long time when planted out but many of the self were smothered, as soon as flower stems were developed. In Pot 4. all the self- died, but there was dead remnant of an attempted flower stem.— None of crossed died; & all grew magnificently covered with flower & pods.