in his admirable Introduction to Botany warns 
his readers from confounding glands with glandu- 
lar hairs, but he omits to point out any well-ascer- 
tained distinction between them. On no plant is a 
glandular appendage more prominent than on the 
Moss Rose. The substance called moss is entirely 
of this character, and is an interesting object for 
microscopic examination, to which we would refer 
our readers for an example of what are called 
glands. Another instance of the existence of glands 
in a ver^' different form, may be seen on examining 
a leaf of the Black Currant. The upper surface of 
this leaf is quite smooth, and if it be gently scraped 
with a knife whilst the under surface rests on a soft 
j)art of the hand, very little of the odour peculiar 
to it will be discovered ; but if the under surface be 
so scraped or pressed, it will freely yield its power- 
ful scent. This arises from the under surface be- 
ing beset with numerous little yellowish pellucid 
glandular spots, which on examination will be 
found to contain an essential oil ; and these being 
broken, their fluid will be dispersed over the surface, 
and give out its peculiar aroma. 
Adenocarpus intermedins may be propagated 
without difficulty by taking cuttings of the young 
wood, or the young shoots may be slipped off’ in 
JMay or June, and being planted in a shady place 
under a hand glass, w ill strike root readily. When 
sufficiently rooted, which may be known by their 
growth, they should be potted singly, into a mixture 
of peat and loam. Although the young plants will 
bear exposure during a mild winter, it will be safest 
to protect them in the cold frame. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. 2, 158. 
