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branches of this plant but have always found them to remain as side 

 branches and never to take on the erect form of the parent plant. 



Quite a number of plants commonly grown are what are known 

 as bud variations, that is, the variations are due to changes in the 



branches occurring on the 

 plant, which may be as marked 

 as any that occur from seed, 

 although they are seldom so 

 exceedingly variable. 



Figure 3 shows a plant of 

 the variegated abutilon, which 

 has maple-shaped leaves, the 

 outside of which have a rim 

 of perhaps a fourth or half 

 inch of clear white, while the 

 balance of the leaf is green. 

 Such variations in plants oc- 

 casionally revert back to the 

 original type, and in this case 

 it will be noted that the tallest 

 branch shows none of the 

 white variations but has re- 

 verted to the type of the par- 

 ent plant. It will be noted 

 also — and I have frequently 

 noted the same thing in others 

 of this class of plants — that 

 where a branch of a plant of 

 this description reverts back 

 to the original it grows with 

 more vigor than the other 



Fig. 3.— Plant of variegated abutilon, show- branches of the plant with the 

 ing branch reverting to parent type _ , . ,. ^ i • i -i 



variegated foliage on which it 

 is found. At the time our photograph was made the variegated 

 portion of the plant had been cut for propagation. 



The Barrel— Has the prestige of long usage, and commission 

 men and fruit handlers, both in this country and abroad, are more 

 or less prejudiced against the box for eastern grown apples. Large- 

 ly for this reason the box will probably not prove a profitable pack- 

 age for general use upon the open market for some time to come. 

 For fancy fruit, however, with a special trade developed, the box 

 is likely to prove desirable. 



