NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 
devoted to a flower there were notes as to the 
character and substance of the petals; the 
number of the petals; the width of the whole 
flower; width of a single petal and its length 
measured to the one-sixteenth of an inch; the 
width of the central disc from which the petals 
spring, with its color; the average of a given 
number of blossoms; points as to the stem 
growth, and so on; with dates of observations 
and the like. For the next season there were 
similar notations showing what changes had 
taken place in the upward movement of the 
plant. One page was devoted to data as to 
a certain fruit,—when its buds appeared, when 
they began to swell, when they burst open, 
when the flowers came, when the fruit started, 
when it ripened, peculiarities and irregularities, 
and the like. On a page devoted to a certain 
lily test are close and accurate data as to the 
shape of the bulb at a given period, the 
description of the scales, their character, all 
the essential facts as to the condition at vari- 
ous stages of the test. Here and there will 
be other notations under date showing what 
other allied plants were doing at the same 
day, noted down for comparison 
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