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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  they 
  will 
  be 
  far 
  better 
  nourished 
  than 
  if 
  no 
  

   operation 
  were 
  made. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  control 
  this 
  experiment 
  some 
  

   breeders 
  have 
  made 
  the 
  operation 
  on 
  the 
  fruits 
  

   when 
  ripe, 
  instead 
  of 
  on 
  the 
  young 
  pods, 
  and 
  

   have 
  saved 
  the 
  seeds 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  sep- 
  

   arately. 
  This 
  seed, 
  produced 
  in 
  abundance, 
  

   was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  poor 
  in 
  double 
  flowers, 
  

   containing 
  only 
  some 
  20-30$. 
  On 
  the 
  con- 
  

   trary 
  the 
  percentage 
  of 
  doubles 
  in 
  the 
  seed 
  of 
  

   the 
  lower 
  parts 
  was 
  somewhat 
  augmented, 
  and 
  

   the 
  average 
  of 
  both 
  would 
  have 
  given 
  the 
  normal 
  

   proportion 
  of 
  50%. 
  

  

  Opposed 
  to 
  the 
  French 
  method 
  is 
  the 
  German 
  

   practice 
  of 
  cultivating 
  stocks, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  it 
  

   used 
  on 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  scale 
  at 
  Erfurt 
  and 
  at 
  other 
  

   places. 
  The 
  stocks 
  are 
  grown 
  in 
  pots 
  on 
  small 
  

   scaffolds, 
  and 
  not 
  put 
  on 
  or 
  into 
  the 
  earth. 
  

   The 
  obvious 
  aim 
  of 
  this 
  practice 
  is 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  

   earth 
  in 
  the 
  pots 
  dry, 
  and 
  accordingly 
  they 
  are 
  

   only 
  scantily 
  watered. 
  In 
  consequence 
  they 
  

   cannot 
  develop 
  as 
  fully 
  as 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  done 
  

   when 
  planted 
  directly 
  in 
  the 
  beds, 
  and 
  they 
  pro- 
  

   duce 
  only 
  small 
  racemes 
  and 
  no 
  weak 
  twigs, 
  

   eliminating 
  thereby 
  without 
  further 
  operation 
  

   the 
  weaker 
  seeds 
  as 
  by 
  the 
  French 
  method. 
  

   The 
  effect 
  is 
  increased 
  by 
  planting 
  from 
  6 
  -- 
  10 
  

   separate 
  plants 
  in 
  each 
  pot. 
  

  

  It 
  would 
  be 
  very 
  interesting 
  to 
  make 
  compar- 
  

  

  