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  or 
  in 
  gardens. 
  And 
  before 
  describing 
  the 
  de- 
  

   tails 
  of 
  my 
  unsuccessful 
  pedigree-culture, 
  it 
  may 
  

   be 
  as 
  well 
  to 
  give 
  some 
  more 
  instances 
  of 
  what 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  nature. 
  

  

  Stray 
  anomalies 
  are 
  of 
  course 
  rare, 
  but 
  not 
  

  

  / 
  

  

  so 
  rare 
  that 
  they 
  might 
  not 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  large 
  

   numbers 
  when 
  perseveringly 
  sought 
  for. 
  

   Pitcher-like 
  leaves 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  many 
  trees 
  

   and 
  shrubs 
  and 
  herbs, 
  but 
  ordinarily 
  one 
  or 
  

   only 
  two 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  many 
  

   years 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  plant, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  strain. 
  

   In 
  some 
  few 
  instances 
  they 
  occur 
  annually 
  or 
  

   nearly 
  so, 
  as 
  in 
  some 
  individuals 
  of 
  the 
  Euro- 
  

   pean 
  lime-tree 
  (Tilia 
  parvi 
  folia) 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  

   common 
  magnolia 
  (Magnolia 
  obovata). 
  Many 
  

   of 
  our 
  older 
  cultivated 
  plants 
  are 
  very 
  rich 
  in 
  

   anomalies 
  of 
  all 
  kinds, 
  and 
  Cyclamen, 
  Fuchsia, 
  

   Pelargonium 
  and 
  some 
  others 
  are 
  notorious 
  

   sources 
  of 
  teratologic 
  phenomena. 
  Deviations 
  

   in 
  flowers 
  may 
  often 
  be 
  seen, 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   changes 
  in 
  the 
  normal 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  or- 
  

   gans, 
  or 
  alterations 
  in 
  their 
  shape 
  and 
  color. 
  

   Leaves 
  may 
  have 
  two 
  tips, 
  instead 
  of 
  one, 
  the 
  

   mid-vein 
  being 
  split 
  near 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  the 
  fis- 
  

   sure 
  extending 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  towards 
  the 
  base. 
  

   Rays 
  of 
  the 
  umbels 
  of 
  umbelliferous 
  plants 
  may 
  

   grow 
  together 
  and 
  become 
  united 
  in 
  groups 
  of 
  

   two 
  or 
  more, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  the 
  fruits 
  of 
  

  

  