CORBETT ON BUPPALO-BERBY 



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

 ners. Thi> condition of affaire should not exist, for with bnt 

 little care and time the plants <•< >ul«l be marked at blooming 

 season <>r while in fruit, and in this way the two Bexea separated 

 and both obtained. This would, however, n< two visits 



tn the native some.- of supply during the Beason, and thus add 

 materially tn t: obtaining a stork <>t' ti- 



There is. however, another and easier way of distinguishing 

 mitiate from the pistillate plant! — i. e., by bud chai 

 while iii a dormant condition. With care and experience 

 can readily Beparate the two. The accompanying illustn 

 taken from typical specimens of the two forms, may - 

 basis for the distinction. 

 DO a pistillate 

 plant, and in general ap- 

 pearance ir is uide Blender 

 and less densely clothed 

 with buds. The buds are 

 _-..! in smaller and 

 less compi 



the bads ihemw ender, longer in proportion i" 



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

 ■taminate plant. Upon this the dense groups or clusters of the 

 round-ended bads will be noticed. A study of th< n the 



ftei.l will . them. 



trving the-e simj.il-, \.t apparent, ch es in 



