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which being y. .oduced by the influence

which, being p.oduced by the influence
of two distinct plants. are partially
comparable to those obtained by
crossed formulation. Daniel considers
these new types as hybrids. which
have no distinct sex. We will give
few examples.
The round, yellow tomato. the large,
red early tomato, and the early. red
dwarf tomato constitute three types
quite distinct from each other. Craft
ed on the round yellow tomato, the
large red tomato takes the slender
aspect, the color, and the disposition
of the leaves of the subject, and in
this case we have q very clear trans
mission of the charact OF the sub
ject. race to the graft race. In the
case of. the round yellow tomato, graft
ed on the red dwarf early tomato
there is as remarkable transmission
in the characteristics Of the fruit. On
the same graft 1t is possible to oD'
serve at one time three different sorts
of fruit; some are round, shining, and
yellow, others are fat, shining. ana
yellow, and still others are fat rlDbeu
and yellow, thus combining the color
of the fruits of the grated race with
the form of the fruits Of the subject
race. All of these fruits, with REFER
ence to size. are between the size OF
the fruits Of the yellow round toma'
to not grated and those Of the red
dwarf early normal tomato.
Daniel has also been uble to graft
the large red tomato on different au
bergines. One Of the CRAFTS placed or
the long violet aubergine tegg plant,
obtained a much greater development
than the others, and whereas the veg
etable apparatus. outside of eXtraordi
nary vigor, kept its ordinary character
the fruit changed its form completely
and acquired the heightened and shin
ing form of the aubcrgine subject, al
though it was much less long and
large. The reverse graft Of the au-
begine on the tomato gave an equally
original case. A long violent auber'
gine grated on a large red tomato
furnished at one time three kinds CT
fruit. some normal, shining, length.
ened, and slightly pear-shaped, others
ovoid and shining, and a fruit fiat
tened at the top and ribbed as the
fruit of - tomato.
The following case is still more GU
nNl &c or
Metz, a medlar tree more than one
hundred years old, which is grated Oh
q hawthorne, and q little above the
graft the subject. that is, the. naw-
thorn, has given birth to Il branch OF
medlar, this branch differing from the
grated part of the tree in the sense
that it has thorns and that in place OF
producing single flowers the latter are
united in an inflorescence having as
many as twelve white flowers similar
TO those of the medlar. The fruits are
those of the mediar, but they are very
small and fat.
These examples. taken from hun
dreds of similar ones, show in con-
elusive fashion that the subject often
modi6es irregularly the specific char
acter of the graft. A last question
arises naturally in this connection,
Are the modific tions thus produced
hereditary? From the experiments Of
Daniel one may conclude that the by
brids of the graft may be grouped in
three cate -ories: (D Those which inte-
orally preserve their characteristic
through grating, slips, or tuters; (2)
those Which only conserve a portion Of
the acquired characters after this same
vegetable multiplication; and (3) those
with which the impression is fugitive
and disappears totally when one at
tempts to multiply it by vegetativc
means. All Of these facts, although ir-
regular in their nature, are interest
ing from a practical point of view, but
they are. above all, interesting from
the standpoint Of general biology.