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Viscaria oculata 1867

12 fl crossed yielded 10 pods ie 83 per cent

18 fl. artificially self-fert. & so no doubt self plant [illeg] yielded 12 pods ie 66 per cent.

I selected a gre large average pod (all seed being put into watch glasses) & found 284 seed; a good large average self-fert pod contained only 126. The self-fert. pods were in greater number bad. —

The crossed seed from 10 pods weighed 5.77 gr ∴ 12 pods wd have weighed 6.93

The self-fert seed from 12 pods weighed. 2.63. Therefore if seed from a certain number of crossed capsules weighed 100 gr, seed from equal number of self-fertilised capsules would weigh only 38 gr — And fewer capsules are produced in proportion of 66 to 83. N.B. The loaded Balance just turned to single seed.

(May 24th — 3 inch to top of stem, equal on both sides.)

(June 26 /68/ Germ seed sown on each side of pot of Cineraria tallest crossed & self 11 inches & equal.)

(July 8 /68/

Pot I II III

Crossed inches 20— 38 1/2 39 97.5

Self inches 25 42 1/2 35 102

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Viscaria oculata. Fresh Plant (1868.)

10 fl. crossed by self & yielded 10 pods containing 6.54 grain weight of seed

18 spont. fert. flower pods under net, 2 contained no seed, the 16 contained a good many, with few as many as the second-rate crossed Pods; but the 16 altogether contained 6.07 gr. by weight

Therefore as 16 pods : 10 pods :: 6.07 gr. : x = 3.79 gr.

Therefore produce of seeds for equal number as 6.54 : 3.79. or as 100 :

(July 16— 1869 The young plants 1/2 inch no difference on either side.)

(June 6' 1869. The plants now about 5 inches to tips of leaves no difference on either side.)

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Aug 2d 1869. Viscaria oculata.

Plants almost finished flowering

Aug 25 69 Pods (with some few flowers included) counted

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