. The theory and practice of horticulture; or, An attempt to explain the chief operations of gardening upon physiological grounds. Fig. XVI.—Tranaformation of Clover. In the white clover (Trifolium repens, Fig. XVI.) all the parts oftenbecome leaves; in the Fraxinella (Fig. XVII.) this has also been. Fig. XVII.—TransformaUoii of Fraxinella. remarked.* Partial alterations into leaves are in fact of very frequentoccurrence in the parts of a flower. In the Kose, the sepals and pistil Proceedings of the fforticvMmral Society, toI. i. p. 37. a 2 84 FLOWERS GROW INTO BRANCHES. are frequently changed

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. The theory and practice of horticulture; or, An attempt to explain the chief operations of gardening upon physiological grounds. Fig. XVI.—Tranaformation of Clover. In the white clover (Trifolium repens, Fig. XVI.) all the parts oftenbecome leaves; in the Fraxinella (Fig. XVII.) this has also been. Fig. XVII.—TransformaUoii of Fraxinella. remarked.* Partial alterations into leaves are in fact of very frequentoccurrence in the parts of a flower. In the Kose, the sepals and pistil Proceedings of the fforticvMmral Society, toI. i. p. 37. a 2 84 FLOWERS GROW INTO BRANCHES. are frequently changed into leaves, of whiot tie case represented in thefoUomng cut (Fig. XVIII.) is a most striking example. In tHs case the

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