Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
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coccinea.--Origanum vulgare, great increase of the crossed plants by
stolons.--Thunbergia alata. CHAPTER IV. CRUCIFERAE, PAPAVERACEAE, RESEDACEAE, ETC. Brassica oleracea, crossed and self-fertilised plants.--Great effect of a cross with a fresh stock on the weight of the offspring.--Iberis umbellata.--Papaver vagum.--Eschscholtzia californica, seedlings from a cross with a fresh stock not more vigorous, but more fertile than the self-fertilised seedlings.--Reseda lutea and odorata, many individuals sterile with their own pollen.--Viola tricolor, wonderful effects of a cross.--Adonis aestivalis.--Delphinium consolida.--Viscaria oculata, crossed plants hardly taller, but more fertile than the self-fertilised.--Dianthus caryophyllus, crossed and self-fertilised plants compared for four generations.--Great effects of a cross with a fresh stock.--Uniform colour of the flowers on the self-fertilised plants.--Hibiscus africanus. CHAPTER V. GERANIACEAE, LEGUMINOSAE, ONAGRACEAE, ETC. Pelargonium zonale, a cross between plants propagated by cuttings does no good.--Tropaeolum minus.--Limnanthes douglasii.--Lupinus luteus and pilosus.--Phaseolus multiflorus and vulgaris.--Lathyrus odoratus, varieties of, never naturally intercross in England.--Pisum sativum, |
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