Late
in the autumn (November 13) the ten tallest plants were carefully
selected out of each row, and their heights measured, with the following
result:--
TABLE 6/83. Petunia violacea (plants growing in the open ground).
Heights of plants measured in inches.
Column 1: Westerham-Crossed Plants (from self-fertilised Plants of the
fourth generation crossed by a fresh stock).
Column 2: intercrossed Plants (Plants of one and the same stock
intercrossed for five generations).
Column 3: self-fertilised Plants (self-fertilised for five generations).
34 2/8 : 38 : 27 3/8.
36 2/8 : 36 2/8 : 23.
35 2/8 : 39 5/8 : 25.
32 4/8 : 37 : 24 1/8.
37 : 36 : 22 4/8.
36 4/8 : 41 3/8 : 23 3/8.
40 7/8 : 37 2/8 : 21 5/8.
37 2/8 : 40 : 23 4/8.
38 2/8 : 41 2/8 : 21 3/8.
38 5/8 : 36 : 21 2/8.
366.76 : 382.76 : 233.13.
The ten Westerham-crossed plants here average 36.67 inches in height;
the ten intercrossed plants, 38.27 inches; and the ten self-fertilised,
23.31 inches. These three lots of plants were also weighed; the
Westerham-crossed plants weighed 28 ounces; the intercrossed plants, 41
ounces; and the self-fertilised, 14.75 ounces. We thus get the following
ratios:--
The Westerham-crossed plants in height to the self-fertilised as 100 to
63.
The Westerham-crossed plants in weight to the self-fertilised as 100 to
53.
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