ly tu£tt o-jt wool. Ihey aste alto totally encstutted wlth tpA.net. 

 Ihey äste o£ the tarne gstaylth colost wlth ^oconottle ^ostm^ng an 

 exceptlon. Keste the Istanchet whlch caststy the /lowestt aste 

 dlttlngulthed ly thelst colo/i lut the £lowesit alto do not come 

 only £stom the tlpt Hat alto £stom the Aide.* o£ the new wood. 

 Howevest, I cannot te.ll you l£ they come £stom lought £ostmed <tn 

 the. tpstlng ost £/iom Istanchet tkat no longest gstow. 



Ihe extsieme nzgulcuilty o£ the Istanchlng o£ Ce.sie.uA Candelalsta 

 kad ttstuch me alsteady we.ll leiste stecelvlng youst le.tte.si and 

 I haue, many tlmet tstled to conttstuct a ge.ne.sial law aeeosid^ng 

 to whlch thete tpeclet de.ve.lop. I haue, not aststlved at one yet, 

 kowe.ve.si. T Isttt, artest I have examlned, many ex.amplet, I am 

 Incllned to stecognlze the numlest th.ste.e- at the. law o£ 

 stamljtlcatlon. &££ectlvely one. £lndt many Ce.sie.ut wheste the. 

 stepetltlon o£ thlt numlest It stemastkally pn.omlne.nt. b)e dA.tcove.si 

 many tsiunkt whlch put out thstee pstlnclpal Istanchet whlch then 

 dlvlde once moste. In thstee, only to tuldlvlde again ^n thstee 

 Istanchet. It £ollowt that yu ne.ve.si £lnd 2 osi 4 tuch on the. tarne, 

 plant. But even l£ thlt unlque £eatuste It common It It last £stom 

 a unlvesttal law. {Jou will £lnd thote who put £ostth 4-5 and even 

 moste. Istanchet. I He.lle.ve. I have oltestved the. uneven numlest 3 

 and 5 mott o£ten tut thlt It tulject to stectl^lcatlon artest 

 newest oltestvatlont. , Rowe.ve.st, a genestal stule whlch I le.lle.ve. 

 I have. lound wlthout occeptlont It, that the new Istanchet alwayt 

 come £stom the. tstunk at a unl£ostm dlttance and lend at stlght 

 anglet to an upwastd dlstectlon, pastallell wlth the. ma^n tstunk 

 alnd that they ne.ve.st steach a helght that exceedt the maln tstunk. 

 Ihe encloted dstawlng explalnt thlt leitest. It teilt you that 

 the dlttancet al and cd aste vesty neastly equal. Anothest law common 

 to all the. cactl It that they ne.ve.st put out latestal Istanchet 

 to the ex.testlost at A and one. ne.ve.st jtlndt one. llke B.( Ihe. dstaw^ngt 

 do not have. A and B; howe.ve.st, one. can guett at them lelng the 

 dathed Istanchet ! 7 stantl. ) Addltlonally leyond lelng pastallell 

 to euch othe-st, the Hstanchet lend at neastly stlght anglet and 

 aevest at an acute angle at C. {jou will £lnd an attosttment o£ 

 the lattest type o£ gstowth among the Qastamlulla whlch o£ten gA.ve 

 you a moste con^uted plctuste In qulte a contstatt to Cesteut 

 Candelalsta whlch excelt In Itt extsteme stegulastlty whlch It to 

 e>ccettlve that not only aste the dlttancet al and cd alout the 

 tarne Hut even a' V and c' d' . Add to thlt that all Istanchet steach 

 the tarne helght wlthout anyone steachlng alove the he^ght o£ 

 othestt and that the pstlnclpal latestal Hstanchet ( Z, Z' j whlch leave 

 the pstlmasty tstunk come out at the tarne helght and dlttance and 

 you will ^Ind an explanatlon why the hastmonlut stegulatlon It 

 to ttstlklng to the eye o£ the oltestvest. One It tstuly tustpstA.ted 

 that thlt tpeclet o£ cesteut hat stemalned unknown almott to the 

 pstetent tlme lecaute Itt tymmetstlcal £ostm dlttlngulthet It £stom 

 all Itt peestt and It It qulte common In countstlet £amlllast to 

 (Lotanlttt. 



In pattlng It hat only leen a £ew dayt tlnce I taw clote ly 



