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TRANSACTION'S OF THE TEXAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
in countries with a very weak light in comparison with that which lights 
up Texas during the summer months. 
A curious deviation from the normal was observed at College Station 
in the Red Cary and Marblehead. The ears, which in these varieties 
were poorly filled out, ended in a little tassel, 2 to 3 inches long, produc- 
ing good staminate flowers. 
Of the two varieties numbered 1 and 2 in Table I., only No. 2 reached 
maturity at Cornell, and Mr. Gould, who kindly furnished me with the 
necessary notes on the varieties at Cornell, writes me, that every kerne] 
was perfectly wrinkled, though no more than half of the seed consisted 
of wrinkled kernels. At College Station, both of these varieties pro- 
duced ears of only second quality, that is, nubbins, and the kernels were 
either smooth, or only partially wrinkled. 
