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THE WILLOW THAT DIDN'T GIVE UP. 



up the plate and I enclose you a pho- 

 tograph of it. It lies in a field beside 

 the road just above Wilton, and I 

 think it is a very interesting object. 

 Where did it come from? What 

 mighty convulsion of nature broke it 

 in two? I think it was probably de- 

 posited there by the melting ice of the 

 glacial period, but how it ever was 

 broken I cannot imagine, for it is an 

 immense stone, as large as a small 

 house, and the force required to split 

 it from top to bottom must have been 

 tremendous ; but there it lies, in two 

 pieces, and there it will continue to lie 

 through the ages unless man attacks 

 it with dynamite, for it is so huge noth- 

 ing else would have any effect upon it. 

 I also enclose a picture of a very 

 curious willow which stands in a lot 

 on the riurlh side of Westover Road 

 (or at least it was there several years 

 ago when I took the picture). From 

 the way it looks I should say it had 

 been broken down several times when 

 it was young, but instead of giving up 

 (as some people do who meet icverses) 

 it started over again and the picture 

 shows the result — broken but not over- 

 whelmed. 



Yours truly, 



A. L. Embree. 



Two Plants from One Seed. 

 Concord, New Hampshire. 

 To the Editor: 



If I may be allowed to, I have a ques- 

 tion I would like to ask through The 

 Guide to Nature. 



Last spring I planted some seeds 

 from a dwarf orange. When they came 

 up I found tnree seeds that produced 

 two plants each. I am sure mat the 

 two plants came from the same seed 

 as the outside of the seed stuck to the 

 seed leaves and had to be pulled off. 

 One of the plants was larger than the 

 other and continues to keep ahead of 

 it. Thought I would like to know 

 whether this is a freak or if it is natural 

 for the orange to produce in that way. 

 Yours truly, 

 Sherman E. Phillips. 



Encouraging to an editing naturalist ! 



With reference to Mr. Sherman E. 

 Phillips' inquiry regarding the two 

 plants produced from one seed, which 

 has been referred to me bv Professor F. 

 V. Coville of the Office of Taxonomic 

 Investigations, I would say that it very 

 often happens that seeds of citrus fruits 

 produce more than one seedling. As a 

 matter of fact, instances have been noted 

 where a single seed has produced as 

 many as thirteen seedlings. — Physiologist 

 in Charge, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, D. C. 



