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GRAFTING EMBRYOS. 



to be produced by grafting the embryos of tbe 

 three fruits, which are allied to each other by family 

 relationship. The manner was as follows : One of 

 the three seeds is wholly skinned, so as to lay the 

 embryo quite bare; the skin of the others is re- 

 moved from one side only. This being done, the 

 naked embryo is placed between the others, so as to 

 be in contact with their skinned sides, and the 

 whole is bound with fine grass. They are then 

 committed to the ground in the usual way. The 

 embryos grow together into one plant, and ulti- 

 mately the trifacial fruit in question is produced." 

 Dr. Lindley thought the operation was possible 

 because such things often resulted from accident. 

 M. Decaisur found seeds often containing more 

 than ore embryo, " which occasionally grew to each 



other, forming a true 

 vegetable twin." Cu- 

 cumbers and nectarines 

 are thus sometimes pro- 

 duced double. An ex- 

 ample is presented by 

 the monstrous apple of 

 which a figure is an- 

 nexed. In this instance, 

 two apple-flowers, acci- 

 dentally brought into 

 close contact in the ear- 

 liest state of the bud, being kept firmly in contact 



