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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  contradictions 
  are 
  unavoidable, 
  when 
  we 
  ap- 
  

   ply 
  the 
  old 
  term 
  to 
  such 
  unusual 
  though 
  not 
  

   at 
  all 
  new 
  cases. 
  Combining 
  the 
  stability 
  and 
  

   the 
  qualities 
  of 
  sports 
  in 
  one 
  word, 
  we 
  may 
  evi- 
  

   dently 
  best 
  express 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  new 
  term 
  of 
  ever- 
  

   sporting 
  variety. 
  

  

  We 
  will 
  now 
  discuss 
  the 
  exact 
  nature 
  of 
  such 
  

   varieties, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  heredity 
  which 
  

   govern 
  them. 
  But 
  before 
  doing 
  so, 
  I 
  might 
  

   point 
  out, 
  that 
  this 
  new 
  type 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  common 
  

   one. 
  It 
  embraces 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  variable 
  

   types 
  in 
  horticulture, 
  and 
  besides 
  these 
  a 
  wide 
  

   range 
  of 
  anomalies. 
  

  

  Every 
  ever-sporting 
  variety 
  has 
  at 
  least 
  two 
  

   different 
  types, 
  around 
  and 
  between 
  which 
  it 
  

   varies 
  in 
  numerous 
  grades, 
  but 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  

   absolutely 
  limited. 
  Variegated 
  leaves 
  fluctuate 
  

   between 
  green 
  and 
  white, 
  or 
  green 
  and 
  yellow, 
  

   and 
  display 
  these 
  colors 
  in 
  nearly 
  all 
  possible 
  

   patterns. 
  But 
  there 
  variability 
  ends, 
  and 
  even 
  

   the 
  patterns 
  are 
  ordinarily 
  narrowly 
  prescribed 
  

   in 
  the 
  single 
  varieties. 
  Double 
  flowers 
  afford 
  

   a 
  similar 
  instance. 
  On 
  one 
  side 
  the 
  single 
  type, 
  

   on 
  the 
  other 
  the 
  nearly 
  wholly 
  double 
  model 
  are 
  

   the 
  extreme 
  limits, 
  between 
  which 
  the 
  variabil- 
  

   ity 
  is 
  confined. 
  So 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  with 
  monstrosities. 
  

   The 
  race 
  consists 
  of 
  anomalous 
  and 
  normal 
  in- 
  

   dividuals, 
  and 
  displays 
  between 
  them 
  all 
  possi- 
  

   ble 
  combinations 
  of 
  normal 
  and 
  monstrous 
  

  

  