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NATUKK S-TUDY. 
But we do know that an adventitious bud may begin to 
grow and expand into a leaf or a blossom almost anywhere 
on a plant—sometimes even on the roots. Apples have 
been found with leaves growing from them, as the leaf 
grew from the cucumber. Such cases are not often ob¬ 
served, ])ut the rea.son probably is that few people have 
yet learned to make full use of their eyes. There is no 
doubt that adventitious buds are much more common than 
is generally thought—that the busy little bud-making cells 
frequently get misplaced or mixed up, or become confused 
in their work, or fall back to the ways of their ancestors 
thousands of years ago, before so many changes had 
come about in the world. 
The Camel’s Stride. 
BV O. IT. BKAVITT. 
What most attracts your attention when you see the 
camel in a show parade passing along the street ? 
It is probably the ungainly hump on his back, and the 
swaying motion which gives the rider twice the worth of 
his money by carrying him twice as far as he would travel 
by riding a horse the same distance. 
Possibly it is the head, with the patient, mild eyes, in¬ 
dicating that the animal knows no better than to go where 
he is directed. 
But, the next time you have the opportunity, get a view 
of the camel when he is approaching at some distance, and 
watch the motions of his feet and legs — the steady, meas¬ 
ured stride, and the firm planting of each foot at ever}^ 
step. 
Then it will take but little imagination to call up the 
journey across the burning sands ; the commerce of a vast 
country that could never have reached an outlet b}^ any 
