Meehans' monthly : a magazine of horticulture, botany and kindred subjects . - contact. Many cannot go near itwithout being affected. Others, m3self amongthem, seem to enjoy a perfect immunity fromit. I can pull it up by handfuls—and do. Itis ver\- plentiful on the shores and islands ofthe River des Milles lies. Thoreau sa^^s It blazes its sins as is so in the fall, but its sins are as appar-ent in their effects at any time—especialh* afterrain. John Hugh Ross. Montreal, Canada. Note.—In No 2 the terminal leaflets are always largerthan the others; in No. i they are generally small
Meehans' monthly : a magazine of horticulture, botany and kindred subjects . - contact. Many cannot go near itwithout being affected. Others, m3self amongthem, seem to enjoy a perfect immunity fromit. I can pull it up by handfuls—and do. Itis ver\- plentiful on the shores and islands ofthe River des Milles lies. Thoreau sa^^s It blazes its sins as is so in the fall, but its sins are as appar-ent in their effects at any time—especialh* afterrain. John Hugh Ross. Montreal, Canada. Note.—In No 2 the terminal leaflets are always largerthan the others; in No. i they are generally smaller. By variety our correspondent evidenthmeans condition, as it is well known that thecreeping form climbs when it gets the oppor-tunity, and changes its character with the newcondition. This is the case with similar climb-ing plants. The English ivy, wild strawberry tree, andeven many honeysuckles have very different. No. I.—RHUS TOXfCODENDRON, Low or Grass Variety. (J^size.) (19) 20 MEEHANS MONTHLY—WILD FLOWERS AND NATURE. [February foliage when shoots trail along the ground thanwhen climbing poles. And spores indicateparticles of organic matter given off by theplant. Bud Variations.—Of late years, much hasbeen learned of the manner in which natureworks; but the amount of secrets which naturehas carefully locked up is in vast proportiongreater than the little scraps of knowledge wehave been able to secure. Bud variation is oneof those mysteries yet unsolved. It is not anuncommon thing to find a plant or tree, which
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