Accession No

4875

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting results of experiments on Impatiens parviflora, English, 20th century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 1294mm; height 929mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Inscription

‘LEAF WEIGHT RATIOS OF PLANTS OF IMPATIENS
PARVIFLORA GROWN FROM SEED UNDER THE
ARTIFICIAL CONDITIONS SPECIFIED. SUCCESSIVE HARVESTS
ARE AT APPROXIMATELY WEEKLY INTERVALS.’ (top)

Description Notes

Botanical wall chart depicting results of experiments on Impatiens parviflora, English, 20th century.
Table of results of experiments on Impatiens.
Title in block capitals at top.
Top line of table reads ‘(a) MEDIUM VERMICULATE, WITH CULTURE SOLUTION’
Seven columns give numerical data for experimental runs XVI to XIX. Data are temperature, saturation deficit, day length, light intensity, fluorescent tubes used, and leaf weight ratios for successive harvests.
Part b of these results is on chart 4873.

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