scape-growing

Updated: May 21, 2025

According to our general conception the apparent loss of a scape is no proof of a corresponding internal loss, but might as well be caused simply by the reduction of the scape-growing capacity to a latent or inactive state. It might be awakened afterwards by some unknown agency, and return to activity. Now this is exactly what happens from time to time.

Hugo de Vries - Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation