Fourteen flowers on A were crossed with pollen from B or C, and produced
thirteen fine capsules. Sixteen flowers were fertilised with pollen from
other flowers on the same plant, but yielded not a single capsule.
Fourteen flowers on B were crossed with pollen from A, C or D, and all
produced capsules; some of these were not very fine, yet they contained
plenty of seeds. Eighteen flowers were fertilised with pollen from other
flowers on the same plant, and produced not one capsule.
Ten flowers on C were crossed with pollen from A, B, D or E, and
produced nine fine capsules. Nineteen flowers were fertilised with
pollen from other flowers on the same plant, and produced no capsules.
Ten flowers on D were crossed with pollen from A, B, C or E, and
produced nine fine capsules. Eighteen flowers were fertilised with
pollen from other flowers on the same plant, and produced no capsules.
Seven flowers on E were crossed with pollen from A, C, or D, and all
produced fine capsules. Eight flowers were fertilised with pollen from
other flowers on the same plant, and produced no capsules.
On the plants F and G no flowers were crossed, but very many (number not
recorded) were fertilised with pollen from other flowers on the same
plants, and these did not produce a single capsule.
We thus see that fifty-five flowers on five of the above plants were
reciprocally crossed in various ways; several flowers on each of these
plants being fertilised with pollen from several of the other plants.
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