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ALTERATION OK I'OSlTloN. 



normal condition in tlie curious SkuKjcria paradocca^ 

 and Mr. Berkeley records an instance of this in sea- 



Fio. 83. Adventitious buds in sea kale. 



kale^ (fig. 83) where the crown had been injured, and 

 buds were seen sprouting from its centre. 



It will be remarked that the adventitious production 



Fio. 84. Hyacinth bulb cut Fig. 85. Showing the formation 



across to induce the formation of of new bulbs on the cut edges of 

 new bulbe. an old hyacinth bulb. 



Canicrc, ' Revue Horticole,' 1868, p. 184. 

 2 Gai-d. Chron.,' 1858, p. 556. 



