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It appears that they keep their head just under the mouth of their burrows, act in manner   chiefly in the morning, & I believe that they act in this manner that they come to the surface that it is for the sake of warmth, especially in the morning. ; for & we shall presently herewith see that they that they live   often times the mouth of their burrows  besides closing  with leaves they eithe rline them with leaves, apparently to prevent their bodies coming into close contact with the cold damp earth. It is said Morren says (p 16) that in the winter during the winter they completely close their burrows.) with a discharge of earth.

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Ononis

(1868), the two crossed plants were of exactly the same height, viz, 11 4/8 inches; and the two self-fertilised plants 12 6/8 and 7 2/8 inches; so that one of the self-fertilised exceeded considerably in height all the others. By the autumn of 1869 the two crossed plants had acquired a the supremacy; their heights being 16 4/8 and 15 1/8, whilst that of the two self-fertilised plants was 14 5/8 and 11 4/8 inches.

By the autumn of 1870, the heights were