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  Mutations 
  

  

  specimen 
  near 
  Orleans 
  by 
  Mine 
  LeBrun 
  in 
  a 
  

   large 
  culture 
  of 
  Mahaleb. 
  Lonicera 
  tatar- 
  

   ica 
  nana 
  appeared 
  in 
  1825 
  at 
  Fontenay-aux- 
  

   Koses. 
  A 
  tall 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  strawberry 
  is 
  

   called 
  " 
  Giant 
  of 
  Zuidwijk 
  " 
  and 
  originated 
  at 
  

   Boskoop 
  in 
  Holland 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  of 
  Mr. 
  van 
  

   de 
  Water, 
  in 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  seedlings 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

   strawberry. 
  It 
  was 
  very 
  large, 
  but 
  produced 
  

   few 
  runners, 
  and 
  was 
  propagated 
  with 
  much 
  dif- 
  

   ficulty, 
  for 
  after 
  six 
  years 
  only 
  15 
  plants 
  were 
  

   available. 
  It 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  late 
  variety 
  with 
  

   abundant 
  large 
  fruit, 
  and 
  was 
  sold 
  at 
  a 
  high 
  

   price. 
  For 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  it 
  was 
  prominent 
  in 
  

   cultures 
  in 
  Holland 
  only. 
  

  

  Varieties 
  without 
  prickles 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  

   originated 
  all 
  of 
  a 
  sudden 
  in 
  sundry 
  cases. 
  

   Gleditschia 
  sinensis, 
  introduced 
  in 
  1774 
  from 
  

   China, 
  gave 
  two 
  seedlings 
  without 
  spines 
  in 
  the 
  

   year 
  1823, 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  of 
  Caurnzet. 
  It 
  is 
  

   curious 
  in 
  being 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  rare 
  instances 
  where 
  

   a 
  simultaneous 
  mutation 
  in 
  two 
  specimens 
  is 
  

   acknowledged, 
  because 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  such 
  records 
  

   comply 
  with 
  the 
  prevailing, 
  though 
  inexact, 
  be- 
  

   lief 
  that 
  horticultural 
  mutations 
  always 
  appear 
  

   in 
  single 
  individuals. 
  

  

  From 
  Korshinsky's 
  survey 
  of 
  varieties 
  with 
  

   cut 
  leaves 
  or 
  laciniate 
  forms 
  the 
  following 
  cases 
  

   may 
  be 
  quoted. 
  In 
  the 
  year 
  1830 
  a 
  nurseryman 
  

   named 
  Jacques 
  had 
  sown 
  a 
  large 
  lot 
  of 
  elms, 
  

  

  