﻿Selection 
  of 
  Elementary 
  Species 
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  2500 
  grains. 
  All 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  sown 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  fall, 
  and 
  likewise 
  in 
  the 
  succeeding 
  years 
  

   the 
  whole 
  harvest 
  was 
  sown 
  in 
  separate 
  lots. 
  

   After 
  two 
  years 
  of 
  rapid 
  multiplication 
  it 
  

   proved 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  good 
  new 
  variety 
  and 
  was 
  

   brought 
  into 
  commerce. 
  It 
  has 
  become 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  prominent 
  varieties 
  of 
  wheat 
  in 
  East 
  

   Lothian, 
  that 
  county 
  of 
  Scotland 
  of 
  which 
  Had- 
  

   dington 
  is 
  the 
  principal 
  borough. 
  

  

  The 
  grains 
  of 
  " 
  Mungoswell's 
  wheat 
  : 
  are 
  

   whiter 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  allied 
  " 
  Hunter's 
  

   wheat,' 
  more 
  rounded 
  but 
  otherwise 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  size 
  and 
  weight. 
  The 
  straw 
  is 
  taller 
  and 
  

   stronger, 
  and 
  each 
  plant 
  produces 
  more 
  culms 
  

   and 
  more 
  heads. 
  

  

  Shir 
  re 
  ff 
  assumed, 
  that 
  the 
  original 
  plant 
  of 
  

   this 
  variety 
  was 
  a 
  sport 
  from 
  the 
  race 
  in 
  which 
  

   he 
  had 
  found 
  it, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  in- 
  

   stance 
  of 
  this 
  sport. 
  He 
  gives 
  no 
  details 
  

   about 
  this 
  most 
  interesting 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  question, 
  

   omitting 
  even 
  to 
  tell 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  parent- 
  

   variety. 
  He 
  only 
  asserts 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  seen 
  to 
  be 
  

  

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  better, 
  and 
  afterwards 
  proved 
  so 
  by 
  the 
  appre- 
  

   ciation 
  of 
  other 
  breeders 
  and 
  its 
  success 
  in 
  

   trade. 
  He 
  observed 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  quite 
  constant 
  

   from 
  the 
  beginning, 
  no 
  subsequent 
  selection 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  needed. 
  This 
  important 
  feature 
  was 
  simp- 
  

   ly 
  assumed 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  be 
  true 
  as 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  

   course. 
  

  

  