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hybrid lilies, the new and beautiful clematis flow- 

 ers, the miniature calla Snowflake, branches of 

 the new hybrid Wax Myrtles, a score or so of 

 curiously varying fruits of the Japanese quince, 

 and the new rose Peachblow. 



There were also pictures showing the curious 

 and spectacular diversity among leaves of the 

 hybrid blackberries that could not fail to excite 

 the attention of the least observant. 



The contrast between the broad solid leaf of 

 one plant and the fimbriated fernlike foliage of 

 another; the observation that some leaves were 

 arranged in groups of three and others in groups 

 of five these were matters that caught the eye 

 even of the amateur, and, of course, excited the 

 interest of the professional student of plants. 



Equally striking were the full-page reproduc- 

 tions of photographs showing various stems of 

 the hybrid raspberries and blackberries, some of 

 them slender and frail, others coarse and rugged ; 

 some almost thornless, and others bristling with 

 spicules or studded with threatening spikes. The 

 diversity of color among these stalks was clearly 

 suggested by the half tones, and the legend be- 

 neath one of them stated that "the colors vary 

 from snow-white, through lemon-yellow, orange, 

 scarlet, crimson, purple, light and dark blue and 

 brown to black." 



