SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



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ABNORMAL PLANTS. 



By Edwin E. Turner. 



'"pHE accompanying sketches represent two of ij, inches. The wallflower (C/;^;ra7i//(»5 cA(;jV/) grew in 



the largest specimens of fasciated stems a cottage garden, and its dimensions before drying 



which have come under my notice. The holly were — length, 7^ inches ; width at base, ijr inches ; 



{Ilex aquifolium) was obtained from a hedge which widest part, i^^,.. inches. 



Holly {Ilex aquifolium). 



W.'iLLFLOWER {Chcii\inlluis chiiii). 



had been cut down some time before, and the I have also a stem of willow {Salix, sp.) which is 



figure is from one of the new shoots, which fact much longer than that of the holly above- 



seems to point to the probable cause of this mentioned, but only one of the forks is ilattened, 



peculiar staghorn-like growth as being some and then only to the extent of about five-eighths of 



damage done to the buds in cutting. Its total an inch. 



length was 36 inches ; from fork to apex, 17J inches ; ^ , „ „ 



.,,,,.,, , 1-/2 Co.qgeshall, Essex ; 



width of Widest branch, 2^ inches ; and other branch, Fcbniary ^nl, 1897. 



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