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  other 
  means 
  than 
  by 
  figures. 
  For 
  this 
  reason 
  

   the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  experiments 
  is 
  expressed 
  in 
  

   this 
  way. 
  

  

  I 
  made 
  six 
  groups. 
  The 
  first 
  includes 
  the 
  

   cases 
  where 
  the 
  whole 
  circle 
  is 
  reduced 
  to 
  

   small 
  rudiments. 
  The 
  second 
  shows 
  1 
  -- 
  10 
  sec- 
  

   ondary 
  capsules. 
  The 
  two 
  following 
  consti- 
  

   tute 
  half 
  a 
  crown 
  around 
  the 
  central 
  fruit, 
  the 
  

   third 
  going 
  up 
  to 
  this 
  limit, 
  the 
  fourth 
  going 
  

   from 
  this 
  limit 
  to 
  a 
  nearly 
  filled 
  circle. 
  Wholly 
  

   filled 
  circles 
  of 
  secondary 
  capsules 
  without 
  gaps 
  

   give 
  the 
  two 
  last 
  degrees, 
  the 
  fifth 
  requiring 
  

   only 
  continuity 
  of 
  the 
  circle, 
  the 
  sixth 
  display- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  large 
  and 
  bright 
  crown 
  all 
  around 
  the 
  

   central 
  head. 
  The 
  fifth 
  group 
  ordinarily 
  in- 
  

   cludes 
  from 
  90 
  - 
  100 
  altered 
  stamens, 
  while 
  the 
  

   sixth 
  has 
  from 
  100 
  - 
  150 
  of 
  these 
  deviating 
  

   parts. 
  

  

  In 
  ordinary 
  cultures 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  

   group, 
  with 
  their 
  interrupted 
  crowns, 
  predomi- 
  

   nate. 
  Large 
  crowns 
  are 
  rare 
  and 
  flowers 
  which 
  

   at 
  first 
  sight 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  wholly 
  normal, 
  occur 
  

   only 
  under 
  circumstances 
  definitely 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  

   unfavorable 
  to 
  growth, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  development 
  

   of 
  the 
  anomaly. 
  

  

  Having 
  reached 
  by 
  this 
  means 
  a 
  very 
  simple 
  

   and 
  easy 
  method 
  of 
  stating 
  the 
  facts 
  shown 
  by 
  

   equal 
  lots 
  under 
  contrasting 
  influences, 
  we 
  will 
  

   now 
  make 
  use 
  of 
  it 
  to 
  inquire 
  into 
  the 
  relation 
  

  

  