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Fertilisation of Flowers in New Zealand

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ON p. 16 of your issue of November 2, 1899, reference is made to an article in the London Quarterly Review, by “A Field Naturalist,” in which the writer expresses the opinion that “under natural and equal conditions, self-fertilisation of flowers is both the legitimate fertilisation and the most productive.” I have not seen the article, but would like to place on record the following facts, which may be of interest to botanists in this connection.

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THOMSON, G. Fertilisation of Flowers in New Zealand. Nature 61, 564–565 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/061564b0

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