The Effects of Cross & Self-fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom

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Author

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

Title

The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom

Credits

Sue Asscher and David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

QK: Science: Botany

Subject

Pollination

Category

Text

eBook-No.

4346

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4346

Release Date

August 1, 2003

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE EFFECTS OF CROSS & SELF-FERTILISATION IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM.
2. 2.By Charles Darwin
3. 3.DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS — I. — INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. — II. — CONVOLVULACEAE. — III. — SCROPHULARIACEAE, GESNERIACEAE, LABIATAE, ETC. — IV. — CRUCIFERAE, PAPAVERACEAE, RESEDACEAE, ETC. — V. — GERANIACEAE, LEGUMINOSAE, ONAGRACEAE, ETC. — VI. — SOLANACEAE, PRIMULACEAE, POLYGONEAE, ETC. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — MEANS OF FERTILISATION. — XI. — THE HABITS OF INSECTS IN RELATION TO THE FERTILISATION OF FLOWERS. — XII. — GENERAL RESULTS.
4. 4.THE EFFECTS OF CROSS AND SELF-FERTILISATION IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. — TABLE 1/2. — ON SOME APPARENT AND REAL CAUSES OF ERROR IN MY EXPERIMENTS.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. CONVOLVULACEAE. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE SECOND GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE THIRD GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE FOURTH GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE FIFTH GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE SIXTH GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE SEVENTH GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE EIGHTH GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE NINTH GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE TENTH GENERATION. — THIRD GENERATION OF CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS. — FOURTH GENERATION OF CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS. — FIFTH GENERATION OF CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS. — NINTH GENERATION OF CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. SCROPHULARIACEAE, GESNERIACEAE, LABIATAE, ETC. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE FIRST GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE SECOND GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE THIRD GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE FOURTH GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE FIFTH GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE SIXTH GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE SEVENTH GENERATION. — THE EFFECTS OF A CROSS WITH A DISTINCT STOCK. — CALCEOLARIA. — A BUSHY GREENHOUSE VARIETY, WITH YELLOW FLOWERS BLOTCHED WITH PURPLE.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. CRUCIFERAE, PAPAVERACEAE, RESEDACEAE, ETC. — VAR. CATTELL’S EARLY BARNES CABBAGE. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE SECOND GENERATION. — THE EFFECTS OF A CROSS WITH A FRESH STOCK. — VAR. KERMESIANA. — CROSS BY A FRESH STOCK. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE SECOND GENERATION. — PLANTS RAISED FROM BRAZILIAN SEED. — THE EFFECTS OF A CROSS WITH A FRESH STOCK. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE FIRST GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE SECOND GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE THIRD GENERATION. — THE EFFECTS OF A CROSS WITH A FRESH STOCK. — NUMBER OF CAPSULES: — WEIGHT OF SEEDS PRODUCED BY AN EQUAL NUMBER OF PLANTS OF THE THREE LOTS. — WEIGHT OF SEED: — COLOUR OF THE FLOWERS.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. GERANIACEAE, LEGUMINOSAE, ONAGRACEAE, ETC. — 14. LEGUMINOSAE. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE SECOND GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE SECOND GENERATION. — PLANTS OF THE SECOND GENERATION. — A SUMMARY ON THE LEGUMINOSAE. — VAR. SNOW-FLAKE. — PLANTS OF THE SECOND GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE SECOND GENERATION.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. SOLANACEAE, PRIMULACEAE, POLYGONEAE, ETC. — DINGY PURPLE VARIETY. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE SECOND GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE THIRD GENERATION. — THE EFFECTS OF A CROSS WITH A FRESH STOCK. — RELATIVE FERTILITY OF THE THREE LOTS OF PLANTS. — COLOUR OF THE FLOWERS ON THE ABOVE THREE LOTS OF PLANTS. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE SECOND GENERATION. — CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS OF THE THIRD GENERATION. — THE EFFECTS OF A CROSS WITH A FRESH STOCK. — 175.63 : 101.50 : 202.75 : 105.13. — 478.75 : 286.86 : 496.13 : 417.25 — ANAGALLIS. — THE COWSLIP. — EQUAL-STYLED AND RED-FLOWERED VAR.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. A SUMMARY OF THE HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS OF THE CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS. — A SUMMARY OF THE MEASUREMENTS IN TABLE 7/C. — TABLE 7/A. — TABLE 7/B.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS IN CONSTITUTIONAL VIGOUR AND IN OTHER RESPECTS. — GREATER CONSTITUTIONAL VIGOUR OF CROSSED PLANTS. — PERIOD OF FLOWERING. — EFFECTS OF CROSSING FLOWERS ON THE SAME PLANT.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. THE EFFECTS OF CROSS-FERTILISATION AND SELF-FERTILISATION ON THE PRODUCTION OF SEEDS. — SELF-STERILE PLANTS. — CONCLUDING REMARKS ON SELF-STERILE PLANTS. — THE APPEARANCE OF HIGHLY SELF-FERTILE VARIETIES.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. MEANS OF FERTILISATION. — MEANS OF CROSS-FERTILISATION. — ANEMOPHILOUS PLANTS.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. THE HABITS OF INSECTS IN RELATION TO THE FERTILISATION OF FLOWERS. — PERFORATION OF THE COROLLA BY BEES.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. GENERAL RESULTS. — INDEX.

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