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The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom
Charles Darwin
Does it matter whether a plant is fertilized by itself or by another? Charles Darwin spent eleven years testing it, and the answer reshaped botany. Family by family, he shows how cross-fertilized plants grow stronger, explaining why flowers court insects at all. Patient, groundbreaking science. Learn why plants go to such lengths to avoid marrying themselves.
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101 chapters
- 1THE EFFECTS OF CROSS SELF-FERTILISATION IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM.
- 2DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 3I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
- 4II. CONVOLVULACEAE.
- 5III. SCROPHULARIACEAE, GESNERIACEAE, LABIATAE, ETC.
- 6IV. CRUCIFERAE, PAPAVERACEAE, RESEDACEAE, ETC.
- 7V. GERANIACEAE, LEGUMINOSAE, ONAGRACEAE, ETC.
- 8VI. SOLANACEAE, PRIMULACEAE, POLYGONEAE, ETC.
- 9VII.
- 10VIII.
- 11IX.
- 12X. MEANS OF FERTILISATION.
- 13XI. THE HABITS OF INSECTS IN RELATION TO THE FERTILISATION OF FLOWERS.
- 14XII. GENERAL RESULTS.
- 15THE EFFECTS OF CROSS AND SELF-FERTILISATION IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM.
- 16CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
- 17TABLE 1/2.
- 18ON SOME APPARENT AND REAL CAUSES OF ERROR IN MY EXPERIMENTS.
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