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tunate who have drawn blanks, and praise from the prize win- 

 ners. This condition of affairs should not exist, for with but 

 little care and time the plants could be marked at blooming 

 season or while in fruit, and in this way the two sexes separated 

 and both obtained. This would, however, necessitate two visits 

 to the native source of supply during the season, and thus add 

 materially to the cost of obtaining a stock of the plants. 



There is, however, another and easier way of distinguishing 

 the staminate from the pistillate plants i. e., by bud characters 

 while in a dormant condition. With care and experience one 

 can readily separate the two. The accompanying illustrations, 

 taken from typical specimens of the two forms, may serve as a 



basis for the distinction. 



Fig. 105 is from a pistillate I 



plant, and in general ap- j j/SfflL 



pearance it is more slender 



and less densely clothed 



with buds. The buds are 



arranged in smaller and 



less compact clusters, and 



Fig. l(Xi. Spray of staminate buffalo-berry. 



the buds themselves are more slender, longer in proportion to 

 their diameter than are the buds on Fig. 106, which is from a 

 staminate plant. Upon this the dense groups or clusters of the 

 round -ended buds will be noticed. A study of the plants in the 

 field will enable one to readily distinguish between them. 



By observing these simple, yet apparent, characteristics in 



