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Finger and Toe in Root Crops. 
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Fig. 4. A Suediug Carrot, one-half natural 
which were, that, whilst most of 
the specimens presented the dark 
(jreen hairy leaves peculiar to the 
wild plant, there were a few ex- 
amples in whicli the foliage had 
assumed the lifjlit green and 
smooth aspect, devoid of hairs, 
which characterizes the culti- 
vated plant ; and amongst the 
latter there were a few with larger 
leaves and broader divisions or 
leaf-lobes than the rest, the 
leaves, too, all growing symme- 
trically around one central bud, 
whilst others showed a disposi- 
tion to throw up more buds than 
one. Here, then, it was evident 
that the examples witli the single 
central bud were best calculated 
to carry on the experiments, and 
consequently the remainder were 
rooted out, when it was observed 
that the roots were for the most 
part more fleshy than those of 
quite wild examples ; and while 
they were as much forked as wild 
roots (see drawing 3), the in- 
creased Jiesliiness extended to the 
J'orhs eiiualhj with the larger pari. 
In the spring of 1849 the re- 
served roots were taken out of the 
ground with a view to trans- 
plantation, for which purpose 
only the best were put aside ; 
these were rather more fleshy 
than those just noted, and, though 
forked, yet the ones less so than 
others were replanted for seed. 
Late in the summer of 1849 
the seed was collected, and a 
patch of it sown in a different 
part of the garden in the spring 
of 1850, the result of the second 
sowing being that the leaves in 
all indicated the advance to the 
cultivated form. Some speci- 
