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THE question whether the male and female flowers of the hazel mature simultaneously on the same bush has been already discussed in your columns (NATURE, vol., i. p. 583,, vol. iii. pp. 347, 509). A repetition of the observations this spring has enabled me to confirm my previous statement that this is the case, at all events very frequently; in fact, almost invariably in all the cases that have come under my notice. As this is in direct opposition to the statements of several of your correspondents, especially one resident in Kentucky, who affirms that the hazel, though apparently monœcious, is practically diœcious, it would be interesting if we had further information as to the circumstances under which these varying conditions occur. On the present occasion the male and female flowers were found in close contiguity and both in a mature condition at the close of a remarkably protracted cold and dry season, at an unusually late period, the last week in March.
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BENNETT, A. Flowering of the Hazel. Nature 11, 466 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/011466b0
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