The Journal of Heredity 
THREE MAIZE SEEDLINGS SHOWING THE ADHERING EARLY LEAVES 
Adherence is an inherited variation in which the leaves, bracts and inflorescences unite 
or grow together. Any or all of these organs may adhere to one another to a varying 
extent. In some cases the variation is exhibited in seedlings. The mortality of such 
seedlings usually is high. Photograph natural size. (Fig. 16.) 
