Fig. 14. Bulk of Curomatin ix Sequoia and Trillium Compared. 



Chromatin rods in an embryonic cell of the Sequoia compared with those in an embryonic cell of the small 

 wood-plant known as the Trinity-flower (Trillium). The chromatin of Sequoia (Sc), which contains all 

 the characters, potential and casual, of the giant tree, is less in bulk than the chromatin of Trillium (Tc). 

 S. Sequoia washingtoiiia, or gj.?a«/ea, the Big Tree of California. The tree known as "General Sherman," 



shown here, is 279% feet high above ground, its largest circumference is 102^ feet, and its greatest 



diameter is ,56 i feet. 

 Sc. Part of the germcell of the nearly allied species. Sequoia semperdrens, the redwood, with the darkly stained 



chromatin rods in the centre. About 1,000 times actual size. The redwood is but little inferior in size 



to the "Big Tree." After Goodspeed. 

 T. Trillium. 

 To. Part of the germ cell of Trillium sessile, showing the darkly stained chromatin rods in the same phase and 



with the same magnification as in the cell of Sequoia. After Goodspeed. 



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