34:—1854.| 
THE ASI ины, E 
555 _ 
caiga AND TOE IN ROOT CROPS. 
y James Воскмах, F.G.S,, F.L 
(Continue HPH D. 538.) 
7 inly i TW 
e bud, 
d, the crowns of 
tlie spring o of 1819 the reserved roots were taken | however, like that of the ^arsnip, was а ersion t am 
ой of the ground wi iew to transplantation, for | Wild sta Still the — with the as well 
which тА only the best were pu ic hese were | а nip w ui cient to show that it ів | 
rather more fléshy than those just noted, and, though within any one's power to ue both of these plants in | 
forked, yet Ше ónes less so than others were replanted | а Cultivated fo om wild specimens by aeting in 
conformity with the physiology of their growth ; in 
Late in the Summer. o 1849 the seed was collected, | Short, as will pr be shown, not b wing à 
and a patch. of it sown in a differ part ó en in soil suitable for them as wild plants, but by co 
öf 1850, TA result of the ткала т. with. circumstances iie Haed 
in the spring l І 
at thë leaves in all'indica 
ate Пн. Some specii 
fner 
thes i 
Неле Fig.4. A Seedling Carrot, one-half natural size. 
› ere all the circum- 
ose und er which the 
own as possi 
Now i in order to rari "these experiments with. the 
| а ' here re ted their results in 
the tabular form d shall again refer to them in the 
ion which. a follow 
or EXPERIMENTS IN THE ксйин or WILD PARSXIPS 
d ys 
(жт жтт /SATIVA) :— 
e First — 
зе эиес еей в orai dar of the 
a жле et Me. € night 
colour. 
n—roófs examined.. ; Their. tio inereased, much: 
Second: Crop. 
195. Spring éeed of 1849 sown ... All the plants free seo бока 
Autumn-—roots Larger,and not so much fo 
1851. Roots cultivated. for seed .. ` The plants presenting. the 
Tolos шї а а T es 
Pg 
& 
f culti- 
dia much 
ear нл out the w 
ssible. 
But besides this, these experiments seemed to 
stery of 
an 
to a solution of. the 
suppose 
that the ramifications 
well as the mai 
oot would equally 
put on ce vici tissue 
in the. ma — pa 
example 
only by puiti че онг 
e cleanest roots 
for seeding— indeed, 
ar get 
SS. 
NS 
е 
mS 
iid 
then 
nelud 
that the Nue tia Fig. 5. NIS 
ura. 
ts from a reversio 
reversion 
: dness? The: 
show that the question is one en dire ely belonging ә” е | of 
phys 
iology and it is, therefore, | 
А ibt orcrops | 
equally а reason for 
| wonder that, as а general ru 
malform 
(man in my own- district. po nie a patch "E 
rnips for 
gene 
"s lorg time been а favourite in 
Itimately lose caste 
db ed, the result of 
ncrease in 
which is to cause 
cellu lar tissue ог кеттин А 4 Mud 
ЗТ 
К, 
Ятыр ression ; it is, then, no 
re shouli 
resent inquiry, 
Globe "Turn 
d i 
good а crop o 
seed as to indios Min. 
clearing off the 
end year's growth 
had degenerated from 
that first ; and 
n 1 а 
similar soil, опе can- 
not wonder at an un- 
A tory Ext mM 
whole patch or. field ia... 
of keepi nd - 
| ite cireumstan 
care and mios 
bywhich originalsorts 
be ne- 
еши ende n de in de- 
it is no wonder that - kind which bas 1 
neg AREE өп 
two-thirds natural si 
For 'seeding, the best examples 
and toe from observ: 
crops, i it sine я уем to state tha at, огр. m as I СКТ 
pe 
y acquai en with 
"the Жек du den i d d of rot growth 
of wild plants, I set to na i Еи у to inquire in 
зойир оча. of the t affects cultivated 
fie it is by th 
о 
of culture that the im 
ЗЕББ 
AET 
both from giservation м odi meia 1 arrived 
at us M general which I shall state 
and со upon seriatim 
inger ond toe — feum be found to a; greater or 
extent in. every field of Roots, — А А рат, г тод 
or eiut — if. we consider th that these, as crops, 
are at 
states of of оета wild. bli Da rues they sprang | 
— and that the.change from the wild state produces not 
only one form but several, w which we term | and 
sorts are only to be maintained by a rigid 
эё AG Nd aprang, as varieties. oan 
i paame шеу. ү -— T | тек 
