Sends an account of different colours and shapes of seeds raised from ordinary seeds of scarlet runner. [See Cross and self-fertilisation, p. 151.]
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Sends an account of different colours and shapes of seeds raised from ordinary seeds of scarlet runner. [See Cross and self-fertilisation, p. 151.]
Thanks WAL for specimens and observations [on scarlet runner beans]. CD is perplexed whether to account for the changes as due to simple variation or to crossing. The information will be used when he finally comes to a conclusion on the subject [see Cross and self-fertilisation, p. 151].
His observations of varieties of Verbascum.
Reference to Abbé Correa in the Life of Sir J. E. Smith.
Describes the floral structure of the lupin and gives his observations on its pollination by bees.
Tells WAL where specimen of Cynoglossum sylvaticum may be seen growing.