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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  the 
  composites 
  may 
  be 
  united 
  into 
  groups. 
  

   Many 
  other 
  instances 
  could 
  easily 
  be 
  given. 
  

  

  If 
  we 
  select 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  anomalies 
  for 
  

   breeding-experiments, 
  our 
  results 
  will 
  not 
  agree 
  

   throughout, 
  but 
  will 
  tend 
  to 
  group 
  themselves 
  

   under 
  two 
  heads. 
  In 
  some 
  cases 
  the 
  isolation 
  

   of 
  the 
  deviating 
  individuals 
  will 
  at 
  once 
  show 
  

   the 
  existence 
  of 
  a 
  distinct 
  variety, 
  which 
  is 
  

   capable 
  of 
  producing 
  the 
  anomaly 
  in 
  any 
  de- 
  

   sired 
  number 
  of 
  instances, 
  only 
  dependent 
  on 
  

   a 
  favorable 
  treatment 
  and 
  a 
  judicious 
  selection. 
  

   In 
  other 
  cases 
  no 
  treatment 
  and 
  no 
  selection 
  

   are 
  adequate 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  similar 
  result, 
  and 
  the 
  

   anomaly 
  remains 
  refractory 
  despite 
  all 
  our 
  en- 
  

   deavors 
  to 
  breed 
  it. 
  The 
  cockscomb 
  and 
  the 
  

   peloric 
  fox-glove 
  are 
  widely 
  known 
  instances 
  of 
  

   permanent 
  anomalies, 
  and 
  others 
  will 
  be 
  dealt 
  

   with 
  in 
  future 
  lectures. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  

   I 
  have 
  often 
  tried 
  in 
  vain 
  to 
  win 
  an 
  anomalous 
  

   race 
  from 
  an 
  accidental 
  deviation, 
  or 
  to 
  isolate 
  

   a 
  teratologic 
  variety 
  out 
  of 
  more 
  common 
  aber- 
  

   rations. 
  Two 
  illustrative 
  examples 
  may 
  be 
  

   quoted. 
  In 
  our 
  next 
  lecture 
  we 
  shall 
  deal 
  with 
  

   a 
  curious 
  phenomenon 
  in 
  poppies, 
  consisting 
  in 
  

   the 
  change 
  of 
  the 
  stamens 
  into 
  pistils 
  and 
  giving 
  

   rise 
  to 
  a 
  bright 
  crown 
  of 
  secondary 
  capsules 
  

   around 
  the 
  central 
  one. 
  Similar 
  anomalies 
  may 
  

   be 
  occasionally 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  genus. 
  But 
  they 
  are 
  rare, 
  and 
  may 
  show 
  

  

  