Column 2: Crossed Plants.
Column 3: Self-fertilised Plants.
Pot 1 : 19 : 32 3/8. Pot 1 : 33 : 38. Pot 1 : 41 : 38. Pot 1 : 41 : 28 7/8.
Pot 2 : 37 4/8 : 36. Pot 2 : 36 4/8 : 32 3/8. Pot 2 : 38 : 35 6/8.
Pot 3 : 44 4/8 : 36. Pot 3 : 39 4/8 : 20 7/8. Pot 3 : 39 : 30 5/8.
Pot 4 : 30 2/8 : 36. Pot 4 : 31 : 39. Pot 4 : 33 1/8 : 29. Pot 4 : 24 : 38 4/8.
Pot 5 : 30 2/8 : 32. Crowded.
Total : 517.63 : 503.36.
The fifteen crossed plants here average 34.5, and the fifteen self-fertilised 33.55 inches in height; or as 100 to 97. So that the excess of height of the crossed plants is quite insignificant. In productiveness, however, the difference was much more plainly marked. All the capsules were gathered from both lots of plants (except from the crowded and unproductive ones in Pot 5), and at the close of the season the few remaining flowers were added in. The fourteen crossed plants produced 381, whilst the fourteen self-fertilised plants produced only 293 capsules and flowers; or as 100 to 77.
Dianthus caryophyllus.