THE PLANT WORLD UNDER CARE 



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LESS HIGHLY DEVELOPED INDIVIDUAL HUSKS. 



see several of the steps in the 

 culture and in the development of 

 personal peculiarities. Some people 

 strongly show the heritage of their 

 lowly birth, and others are equal to the 

 highest culture. In the latter, one must 

 look closely to see that they still have 

 some of the traits of their bumpkin 

 days. So it is with these kernels of 

 corn in their efforts to advance into the 

 higher development. Some are so com- 



pletely obsessed by the memories of 

 the tassel of the past that their efforts 

 to be a civilized ear of corn are to the 

 observer laughable and almost painful. 

 Some of the pupils of The Agassiz 

 Association, and of its new experi- 

 mental home known as Arcadia, at 

 Sound Beach, have been experimenting 

 along this line. One of these is Miss 

 Olivia Ford, who has succeeded, in a 

 remarkable manner, in producing corn 



SO THIN OR VESTIGIAL HUSKS THAT THEY SEEM ALMOST "CIVILIZED" AND "CULTURED." 

 The individual covering husks are less, while the husks covering the entire ear are more developed. 



