Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 516 pages of information about Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom.

Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 516 pages of information about Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom.

Ipomoea purpurea—­ninth generation:  number of capsules on crossed plants to those on self-fertilised plants, spontaneously self-fertilised under a net:  26.

Mimulus luteus—­an equal number of capsules on plants descended from self-fertilised plants of the 8th generation crossed by a fresh stock, and on plants of the 9th self-fertilised generation, both sets having been left uncovered and spontaneously fertilised, contained seeds, by weight:  30.

Mimulus luteus—­productiveness of the same plants, as judged by the number of capsules produced, and the average weight of seeds per capsule:  3.

Vandellia nummularifolia—­seeds per capsule from cleistogene flowers on the crossed and self-fertilised plants, in number:  106.

Salvia coccinea—­crossed plants, compared with self-fertilised plants, produced flowers, in number:  57.

Iberis umbellata—­plants left uncovered in greenhouse; intercrossed plants of the 3rd generation, compared with self-fertilised plants of the 3rd generation, yielded seeds, in number:  75.

Iberis umbellata—­plants from a cross between two varieties, compared with self-fertilised plants of the 3rd generation, yielded seeds, by weight :  75.

Papaver vagum—­crossed and self-fertilised plants, left uncovered, produced capsules, in number:  99.

Eschscholtzia californica—­Brazilian stock; plants left uncovered and cross-fertilised by bees; capsules on intercrossed plants of the 2nd generation, compared with capsules on self-fertilised plants of 2nd generation, contained seeds, in number:  78.

Eschscholtzia californica—­productiveness of the same plants, as judged by the number of capsules produced, and the average number of seeds per capsule:  89.

Eschscholtzia californica—­plants left uncovered and cross-fertilised by bees; capsules on plants derived from intercrossed plants of the 2nd generation of the Brazilian stock crossed by English stock, compared with capsules on self-fertilised plants of 2nd generation, contained seeds, in number:  63.

Eschscholtzia californica—­productiveness of the same plants, as judged by the number of capsules produced, and the average number of seeds per capsule:  40.

Reseda odorata—­crossed and self-fertilised plants, left uncovered and cross-fertilised by bees; produced capsules in number (about):  100.

Viola tricolor—­crossed and self-fertilised plants, left uncovered and cross-fertilised by bees, produced capsules in number:  10.

Delphinium consolida—­crossed and self-fertilised plants, left uncovered in the greenhouse, produced capsules in number:  56.

Viscaria oculata—­crossed and self-fertilised plants, left uncovered in the greenhouse, produced capsules in number:  77.

Dianthus caryophyllus—­plants spontaneously self-fertilised under a net; capsules on intercrossed and self-fertilised plants of the 3rd generation contained seeds in number:  125.

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