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or both.: it is, tlierefore, only important to notice tlio 

 presence of the staniinates in every collection of varie- , 

 ties, keep them distinct, and no sacrifice is required 

 to conform to this theory, which seems to be pretty 

 universally established. Mr. Longworth's article in 

 the Appendix, D, gives an interesting account of its 

 discovery. 



Another series of plants are called Hermaphrodite — 

 like Longworth's Prolific — because both stamens and 

 pistils are in a greater or less extent developed, and 

 they are represented to bear well, being alone. 



The great war that has j'aged so fiercely on the bor- 

 ders of the strawberry kingdom duiing the past year 

 or two, has been on the point, whether staminates evei 

 cnange to pistillates, or vice versa. For many years 

 we have noticed, with scrupulous care, these distinct 

 characteristics of the various strawberries when in 

 blossom, and we have never seen the first symptoms 



Fig. 1. Fi&. 2. Fro 8. 



Fig. 1. A perfect flo-^er famished with stamens and pistils, a. the stainoiia 

 5. the pistils hermaphrodite. 

 Fig. 2. A staminate or male flower. 

 Fiff. 3. A pistillate or female flower. 



