﻿Five-leaved 
  Clover 
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  the 
  first 
  observed 
  aberrant 
  individuals, 
  if 
  gath- 
  

   ered 
  after 
  sufficient 
  isolation 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  

   of 
  blossoming, 
  may 
  show 
  which 
  type 
  of 
  in- 
  

   heritance 
  is 
  present, 
  whether 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  unpromis- 
  

   ing 
  half-race, 
  or 
  a 
  richly 
  endowed 
  sporting 
  

   variety. 
  I 
  have 
  kept 
  such 
  strains 
  repeatedly 
  

   after 
  the 
  first 
  isolation, 
  and 
  a 
  special 
  case, 
  that 
  

   of 
  cotyledoneous 
  aberrations, 
  will 
  be 
  dealt 
  with 
  

   later. 
  The 
  first 
  generation 
  always 
  gave 
  a 
  final 
  

   decision, 
  provided 
  that 
  a 
  suitable 
  method 
  of 
  

   cultivation 
  for 
  the 
  species 
  under 
  observation 
  

   was 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  beginning. 
  This 
  however, 
  

   is 
  a 
  condition, 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  easy 
  to 
  

   comply 
  with, 
  when 
  new 
  sorts 
  are 
  introduced 
  

   into 
  a 
  garden. 
  Especially 
  so 
  when 
  they 
  had 
  

   been 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  wild 
  state. 
  Often 
  one 
  or 
  

   two 
  years, 
  sometimes 
  more, 
  are 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   find 
  the 
  proper 
  method 
  of 
  sowing, 
  manuring, 
  

   transplanting 
  and 
  other 
  cultural 
  methods 
  satis- 
  

   factory 
  to 
  the 
  plants. 
  Many 
  wild 
  species 
  re- 
  

   quire 
  more 
  care 
  and 
  more 
  manure 
  in 
  gardens 
  

   than 
  the 
  finest 
  garden 
  flowers. 
  And 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  dependent 
  on 
  very 
  

   particular 
  conditions 
  of 
  soil. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  curious 
  features 
  of 
  anom- 
  

   alies, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  learned 
  from 
  accumulated 
  

   instances, 
  is 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  they 
  obey 
  definite 
  

   laws 
  as 
  to 
  their 
  occurrence 
  on 
  the 
  different 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  plant. 
  Obviously 
  such 
  laws 
  are 
  

  

  