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The striking feature of these was the marked tendency for the 
production on the same plant of deeply laciniate leaves during 
i ile i tl e of the usual form 
to extremely hate giving various leaf-shapes quite similar 
to ia se of if 
the bees "and “ salicifolia” varieties. 
eed progeny and in bud variations the single strain of 
ae ales has in the three years of observation shown 
the same types of variation that have developed in the entire 
series of hee varieties. 
The f f the history of the cultivated varieties 
of Coleus has ‘ali eady been eaaiaved along with a 
account* of observations which the writer i. ade on Co me eus. 
The colored plates there included illustrate most excellently the 
different types of variations referred to abov 
A. B. Stour 
EXPLORATION OF APPLE ORCHARD MOUNTAIN, 
VIRGINIA 
This mountain is located eighteen miles north of Bedford, 
ut 
e road is very rough and steep and it is more pleasant to wal 
than to ride. 
A very pretty trout stream was followed to its source near 7 
summit of the mountain, where there is a camp owned by M 
le 
adjacent is cultivated in corn, apple and peach trees, etc. The 
* Stout, A. B. The ee = varieties in Coles by the selection of 
somatic variations. Publication no. f Washington, 
