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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  Any 
  inequality 
  from 
  this 
  cause 
  will 
  increase 
  

   the 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  leaves, 
  

   augment 
  the 
  inequality 
  of 
  their 
  production 
  of 
  

   organic 
  matter 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  reason 
  go 
  on 
  in 
  an 
  

   ever 
  increasing 
  rate. 
  

  

  Eain 
  and 
  spraying, 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  dry- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  the 
  soil, 
  have 
  still 
  greater 
  consequences. 
  

   The 
  slightest 
  unevenness 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  will 
  

   cause 
  some 
  spots 
  to 
  dry 
  rapidly 
  and 
  others 
  to 
  

   retain 
  moisture 
  during 
  hours 
  and 
  even 
  some- 
  

   times 
  during 
  days. 
  

  

  Seeds, 
  germinating 
  in 
  such 
  little 
  moist 
  de- 
  

   pressions 
  grow 
  regularly 
  and 
  rapidly, 
  while 
  

   those 
  on 
  the 
  dryer 
  elevations 
  may 
  be 
  retarded 
  

   for 
  hours 
  and 
  days, 
  before 
  fully 
  unfurling 
  their 
  

   seed-leaves. 
  After 
  heavy 
  rains 
  these 
  differ- 
  

   ences 
  may 
  be 
  observed 
  to 
  increase 
  continu- 
  

   ally, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  I 
  found 
  that 
  plants 
  

   were 
  produced 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  wet 
  spots, 
  while 
  the 
  

   dry 
  places 
  remained 
  perfectly 
  bare. 
  From 
  this 
  

   the 
  wet 
  spots 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  most 
  favorable, 
  but 
  

   on 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  seeds 
  may 
  come 
  to 
  germinate 
  

   there 
  too 
  numerously 
  and 
  so 
  closely 
  that 
  the 
  

   young 
  plants 
  will 
  be 
  crowded 
  together 
  and 
  find 
  

   neither 
  space 
  nor 
  light 
  enough, 
  for 
  a 
  free 
  and 
  

   perfect 
  development. 
  The 
  advantage 
  may 
  

   change 
  to 
  disadvantage 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  unless 
  the 
  

   superfluous 
  individuals 
  are 
  weeded 
  out 
  in 
  due 
  

   time. 
  

  

  