A Teosinte-Corn Hybrid, in the Stalk 



The home of Teosinte is Mexico, and the plant there takes 

 on a more or less tropical growth. It retains its tendency to 

 gigantictsm when reared in northern climates; and such hybrids as 

 this frequently attain a height of nineteen feet. The quali- 

 ties of the wild and the civilized parent are 

 curiously blended in the offspring. 



