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No doubt the plants raised from seeds taken from locust dung sent by Mr.
Weale from South Africa.

The case is mentioned in the fifth edition of the "Origin," published in 1869, page 439.) yesterday in flower, and had to despatch it at once.

I suppose some of your assistants will be able to make the genus out without great trouble.

I have done little in experiment of late, but I find that mignonette is absolutely sterile with pollen from the same plant.

Any one who saw stamen after stamen bending upwards and shedding pollen over the stigmas of the same flower would declare that the structure was an admirable contrivance for self-fertilisation.


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