A Freak Calla 



This Calla Lily, found on Mr. Burbank's grounds, gives 



a clear idea of the relation of the spalhe to spadix. It will 



be seen that while the spadix bears the blossoms, the spathe is, in point 



of fact, a modified leaf twisted into a sort of cornucopia around 



it. Through some lack of balance in the heredity of 



the plant shown above, the spathe took back to 



the days, evidently, when this trans- 



formatiori, was in the making. 



