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bloomed on the average about three days later than those from the 
seed of the earliest plant. 
Our experiments indicate that the earliest ripened seed on a plant 
gives a larger vegetation than the latest, but that the tendency in — 
a the earliest seed is to shorten the period of usefulness of the 
plants. | 
There is much difference in the time of maturity of different 
plants, and of different seeds on the same plant in spinach. We 
noted that the later blossoms very often prove abortive. In the case 
_-of the Long Standing variety, several of the latest plants produced 
no seed, the flowers_all proving abortive. It thus appears that there 
is a limit to the length of time that the blooming of the plants can 
be retarded by selecting the latest seed. 
- MisceLLANEots VEGETABLES, ETC. 
Besides the vegetables already considered we grew several varie- 
ties each of endive, corn salad, cress, and chicory; with thirty spe- 
cies and varieties of the class of plants known to seedsmen a 
“herbs.” We present the statistics gathered upon these plants in 
tabular form for purposes of reference. We have devoted less study 
to these plants than to the more generally known vegetables. 
The plants of all the varieties of corn salad were early attacked 
by a fungus which largely prevented their maturity, and those of 
the cress were nearly destroyed by the flea beetle, in spite of repeated 
preventive applications. The plants of several of the varieties of 
eave were also prevented from complete maturity by a fungus 
attack. 
ENDIVE. 
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