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JASMINUM KEVOLUTUM VAEIEGATUM-. 



A very interesting featiu-e in vegetable physiology was tlieu brought 

 forward. It consisted of a specimen of the variegated leaves of the Ja^ininmn. 

 rcvolutum, kindly sent by C. Liugen, Esq., sho\ving the effect of budtUng this 

 shi-ub with a variegated form of Jasminum officinale. 



This specimen was obtained from Mr. Godsall, florist, of this city, who, 

 -wishing to produce a variegation of the Jasminum revoMum (at that time known 

 only to him of the ordinary green coloiu), about twelve years ago inserted into 

 it twelve buds of a small plant of the variegated Jasminum officinale. 



Though each of these buds at fii-st seemed to Uve, thc>/ all died off within 

 fourteen dai/s, and Mr. Godsall thought his expeiiment had f.uled ; but on the 

 following year, when the new shoots and leaves came forth, both were found to 

 be abundantly variegated, and this vai-iegation has since continued in the plant, 

 which has furnished now numerous cuttings. 



The point of especial interest was the fact that, although retaining life for 

 so short a time, a permanent effect was produced by these buds on the plant in 

 which they were imbedded. 



A very animated discussion arose as to how the variegation described had 

 been produced, in which many gentlemen took pai-t. Some thought that though 

 the buds had died, a portion of the bark introduced with it might have lived ; 

 others that the stock was inoculated as it were by the sap of the buds though 

 they had died themselves ; and some even fancied that the result might have 

 been the effect of simple mechanical iujmy. 



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Time, however, was i-unning on, and the President was obliged to cnt 

 short the discussion by calling upon Mr, Salter to read his paper on 



