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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  who 
  wish 
  to 
  make 
  pedigree-cultures. 
  The 
  co- 
  

   operation 
  of 
  many 
  is 
  needed 
  to 
  bring 
  about 
  any 
  

   notable 
  advancement, 
  since 
  the 
  best 
  way 
  to 
  se- 
  

   cure 
  isolation 
  is 
  to 
  restrict 
  one's 
  self 
  to 
  the 
  

   culture 
  of 
  one 
  strain, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  avoid 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   mixture 
  of 
  others. 
  So 
  many 
  facts 
  remain 
  doubt- 
  

   ful 
  and 
  open 
  to 
  investigation, 
  that 
  almost 
  any 
  

   lot 
  of 
  purchased 
  seed 
  may 
  become 
  the 
  starting 
  

   point 
  for 
  interesting 
  researches. 
  Among 
  these 
  

   the 
  sulphur-yellow 
  varieties 
  should 
  be 
  consid- 
  

   ered 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  place. 
  

  

  In 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  questions 
  of 
  heredity, 
  

   the 
  stocks 
  offer 
  many 
  points 
  of 
  interest. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  these 
  features 
  I 
  will 
  now 
  try 
  to 
  describe, 
  in 
  

   order 
  to 
  show 
  what 
  still 
  remains 
  to 
  be 
  done, 
  

   and 
  in 
  what 
  manner 
  the 
  stocks 
  may 
  clear 
  the 
  

   way 
  for 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  ever-sporting 
  varieties. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  point, 
  is 
  the 
  question, 
  which 
  seeds 
  

   become 
  double-flowered 
  and 
  which 
  single-flow- 
  

   ered 
  plants? 
  Beyond 
  all 
  doubt, 
  the 
  determi- 
  

   nation 
  has 
  taken 
  place 
  before 
  the 
  ripening 
  of 
  the 
  

   seed. 
  But 
  though 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  seed 
  is 
  often 
  

   indicative 
  of 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  flowers, 
  as 
  in 
  some 
  

   red 
  or 
  purple 
  varieties, 
  and 
  though 
  in 
  balsams 
  

   and 
  some 
  other 
  instances 
  the 
  most 
  " 
  highly 
  

   doubled 
  ; 
  flowers 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  

   biggest 
  and 
  plumpest 
  seeds, 
  no 
  such 
  rule 
  seems 
  

   to 
  exist 
  respecting 
  the 
  double 
  stocks. 
  Now 
  

   if 
  one 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  seeds 
  gives 
  doubles, 
  and 
  

  

  