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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