1879. 



AKB HORTICULTURIST. 



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of, any account of experiments of this kind that he 

 ever made. It may be that Prof. IJeal said, tliat 

 he had heard that somebody in some phice liad 

 made such experiments with such results, and 

 perhaps Prof. Beal may have expressed an 

 opinion that he thought these things may possi- 

 ])ly have been performed with such results. 



Leaves axd Petioles. — It is well to remem- 

 ber that tliough we speak of leaf blade, petiole,, 

 stems, and s) fortli as distinct organs, they are 

 primarily the same, as curious freaks of nature 

 as they may be called often teach us. Thus in 

 a very curious species of Croton, — Croton appen- 

 diculatum, recently sent out by James Vietch 



CKOTON APPENDICULATUM. 



There is indeed enough known of variegation to 

 warrant our believing that part of the story may 

 be correct, but that tomato and artichoke ques- 

 tion we "move to be laid on the table " for the 

 present. But we suspect that the Tribmie^s 

 " original " paragraph is really one altered from 

 some other "exchange," and that in the altera- 

 tion full justice has not been done to Prof. Beal. 



& Son, of Chelsea, London, portions of the leaf 

 blade return again to leaf stalk, and in many 

 plants half the leaves hav^e this apparently- 

 double leaf. Similar lessons can be found in 

 many things if we only look sharp. 



Uranine. — The Scientijir American with its 

 "compliments," and we are glad to be remem- 

 bered by so good a paper, sends us a preparation 



