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Mucors, Zasmidiums, etc. These may have been sown during 

 transplantation, or have pre-existed as spores in the bread. That 

 they appeared, and that a repetition of the experiment gave 

 nearly the same results, made it look as if an actual kinship 

 existed between the aerial growth and fructification, and the 

 subaqueous threads. 



From the Orange-Flower Water specimen, no growth on the 

 bread resembled in the least the spiral structure shown in the 



Fig. 2.— From Orange-Flower Water. 



drawing (Fig. 2). Prof. Farlow thought it might be a parasite, 

 known to exist in southern forests. A large variety of strange 

 forms can usually be found in this water. The writer has never 

 seen a specimen free from them. 



The most interesting specimen to watch is that from a solu- 

 tion of Strychnine (Fig. 3). The peculiar, swollen appearance 

 of the joints at various places, and the motile protoplasm they 

 contain, either as their own spores or attacking parasites, make 

 them well worth studying. This drawing, as well as most 

 of the others, was executed by following the branches, while 

 lowering and raising the objective to suit the sight. In this 



