The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . deous, repulsive,and so forth doctrines of Morphology, has rummagedhis commonpUce-book in vain for quotations or argu-ments, we cannot deny that he does sometimes appeal tofacts. Here is a specimen of : As I am fond offacts, it may suffice here to say, once forall,in flat contra-diction to our authors impious assumption, that there is an.\pple-tree at Burlington, which bears the sexual parts orthe flower in the most perfect condition, but entirely de-nuded of petals ; the consequence is, that the fruitswells and ripens like other Apple
The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . deous, repulsive,and so forth doctrines of Morphology, has rummagedhis commonpUce-book in vain for quotations or argu-ments, we cannot deny that he does sometimes appeal tofacts. Here is a specimen of : As I am fond offacts, it may suffice here to say, once forall,in flat contra-diction to our authors impious assumption, that there is an.\pple-tree at Burlington, which bears the sexual parts orthe flower in the most perfect condition, but entirely de-nuded of petals ; the consequence is, that the fruitswells and ripens like other Apples, but these Apples areenlirely seedless. Surely there is no state so happy asihit of ignorance ; it is quite a misfortune that weshould have the ungracious task of disturbing this goodf> mans serenity. He evidently does notknow that the latterflowers of Violets,which have no petals,are those which mostcertainly bear seeds ;and therefore we willjust show him what in the garden of the HorcicjKwal Society in December,IS-ll.—Botanical
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