﻿Retrograde 
  Varieties 
  147 
  

  

  variety 
  by 
  the 
  pure 
  green 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  leaves, 
  

   at 
  times 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  flower. 
  Some 
  sorts 
  

   of 
  peas 
  bear 
  colored 
  flowers 
  and 
  a 
  red 
  mark 
  on 
  

   the 
  stipules 
  of 
  their 
  leaves. 
  Among 
  bulbous 
  

   plants 
  many 
  varieties 
  may 
  be 
  recognized 
  even 
  

   in 
  the 
  dry 
  bulbs 
  by 
  the 
  different 
  tinges 
  of 
  the 
  

   outer 
  scales. 
  

  

  Leaving 
  the 
  colors, 
  we 
  come 
  now 
  to 
  another 
  

   instance 
  of 
  correlation, 
  which 
  is 
  still 
  more 
  as- 
  

   tonishing. 
  For 
  it 
  is 
  as 
  rare, 
  as 
  color-varieties 
  

   are 
  common. 
  It 
  is 
  afforded 
  by 
  some 
  plants 
  the 
  

   leaves 
  of 
  which, 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  entire 
  or 
  

   only 
  divided 
  into 
  large 
  parts, 
  are 
  cleft 
  to 
  a 
  

   greater 
  extent 
  by 
  repeated 
  fissures 
  of 
  the 
  mar- 
  

   ginal 
  lobes. 
  Such 
  foliar 
  variations 
  are 
  often 
  

   seen 
  in 
  gardens, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  cultivated 
  for 
  

   their 
  beauty 
  or 
  -singularity, 
  as 
  the 
  laciniated 
  

   alders, 
  fern-leaved 
  beeches 
  and 
  limes, 
  oak- 
  

   leaved 
  laburnums, 
  etc. 
  Many 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  under 
  the 
  varietal 
  name 
  of 
  laciniata. 
  

   In 
  some 
  cases 
  this 
  fissure 
  extends 
  to 
  the 
  petals 
  

   of 
  the 
  flowers, 
  and 
  changes 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  way 
  quite 
  

   analogous 
  to 
  the 
  aberrancy 
  of 
  the 
  leaves. 
  This 
  

   is 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  with 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  brambles, 
  

   and 
  is 
  often 
  seen 
  in 
  botanic 
  gardens 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  oldest 
  and 
  most 
  interesting 
  of 
  all 
  anomalies, 
  

   the 
  laciniated 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  greater 
  celandine 
  

   or 
  Chelidonium 
  majus. 
  Many 
  other 
  instances 
  

   could 
  be 
  given. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  