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  distinctive 
  character. 
  In 
  the 
  other 
  this 
  charac- 
  

   ter 
  is 
  simply 
  reduced 
  to 
  an 
  inactive 
  or 
  dormant 
  

   state. 
  The 
  fact 
  of 
  its 
  recurrence 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  

   time, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  secondary 
  characters 
  

   previously 
  exhibited, 
  is 
  a 
  manifest 
  proof 
  of 
  the 
  

   existence 
  of 
  some 
  relation 
  between 
  the 
  lost 
  and 
  

   the 
  resumed 
  peculiarity. 
  Evidently 
  this 
  rela- 
  

   tion 
  cannot 
  be 
  accounted 
  for 
  on 
  the 
  assump- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  an 
  absolute 
  disappearance; 
  something 
  

   must 
  remain 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  old 
  features 
  may 
  

   be 
  restored. 
  

  

  This 
  lengthy 
  discussion 
  may 
  be 
  closed 
  by 
  the 
  

   citation 
  of 
  the 
  cases, 
  in 
  which 
  plants 
  not 
  only 
  

   show 
  developmental 
  features 
  of 
  a 
  former 
  state, 
  

   but 
  also 
  reproduce 
  the 
  special 
  features 
  they 
  

   formerly 
  had, 
  but 
  seemingly 
  have 
  lost. 
  Two 
  

   good 
  illustrative 
  examples 
  may 
  be 
  given. 
  One 
  

   is 
  afforded 
  by 
  the 
  wheat-ear 
  carnation, 
  the 
  

   other 
  by 
  the 
  green 
  dahlias, 
  and 
  both 
  have 
  oc- 
  

   curred 
  of 
  late 
  in 
  my 
  own 
  cultures. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  curious 
  anomaly 
  may 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  

   time 
  be 
  observed 
  in 
  large 
  beds 
  of 
  carnations. 
  

   It 
  bears 
  no 
  flowers, 
  but 
  instead 
  of 
  them 
  small 
  

   green 
  ears, 
  which 
  recall 
  the 
  ears 
  of 
  wheat. 
  

   Thence 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  " 
  Wheat-ear 
  " 
  carnation. 
  

   On 
  closer 
  inspection 
  it 
  is 
  easily 
  seen 
  how 
  they 
  

   originate. 
  The 
  normal 
  flowers 
  of 
  the 
  carna- 
  

   tions 
  are 
  preceded 
  by 
  a 
  small 
  group 
  of 
  bracts, 
  

  

  