 | Sir John Lubbock - 1875 - 212 pages
...productions." Mr. Darwin himself, however, was, I believe, the first to show that if a flower be fertilised by pollen from a different plant, the seedlings so produced are much stronger than if the plant be fertilised by its own pollen. I have had the advantage of seeing several of these experiments, and... | |
 | 1875 - 598 pages
...productions.' Mr. Darwin himself, however, was, I believe, the first to show that, if a flower be fertilised by pollen from a different plant, the seedlings so produced are much stronger than if the plant be fertilised by its own pollen. I have had the advantage of seeing several of these experiments, and... | |
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1875 - 592 pages
...2 G Mr. Darwin himself, however, was, I believe, the first to show that, if a flower be fertilised by pollen from a different plant, the seedlings so produced are much stronger than if the plant be fertilised by its own pollen. I have had the advantage of seeing several of these experiments, and... | |
 | Alpheus Spring Packard - 1877 - 412 pages
...height, size, tenacity of life, precocity and hardiness of their hybrid productions." Mr. Darwin was the first to show that if a flower be fertilized by...than if the plant be fertilized by its own pollen. Lubbock, from whom we take this statement, saw these experiments of Mr. Darwin, and remarks that the... | |
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Mr. Darwin himself, however, was, I believe, the first to show that, if a flower be fertilised by pollen from a different plant, the seedlings so produced are much stronger than if the plant be fertilised by its own pollen. I have had the advantage of... 