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  From 
  all 
  these 
  and 
  other 
  reasons 
  some 
  plants 
  

   will 
  be 
  favored 
  by 
  the 
  external 
  conditions 
  from 
  

   the 
  beginning, 
  while 
  others 
  will 
  be 
  retarded, 
  and 
  

   the 
  effects 
  will 
  gradually 
  increase 
  until 
  at 
  last 
  

   they 
  become 
  sufficient 
  to 
  account 
  for 
  a 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  amount 
  of 
  individual 
  variability. 
  There 
  

   is 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  strength 
  of 
  

   the 
  plant 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  capsules, 
  going 
  

   from 
  5-10 
  grams 
  for 
  a 
  single 
  fruit, 
  are 
  for 
  the 
  

   most 
  part 
  due 
  to 
  these 
  unavoidable 
  circum- 
  

   stances. 
  I 
  have 
  tried 
  all 
  conceivable 
  means 
  to 
  

   find 
  remedies 
  for 
  these 
  difficulties, 
  but 
  only 
  by 
  

   sowing 
  my 
  seeds 
  in 
  pans 
  in 
  a 
  glass-house 
  have 
  

   I 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  reach 
  more 
  constant 
  and 
  equal 
  

   conditions. 
  But 
  unfortunately 
  such 
  a 
  method 
  

   requires 
  the 
  planting 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  seed- 
  

   lings 
  in 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  summer, 
  and 
  this 
  

   operation 
  is 
  not 
  without 
  danger 
  for 
  opium-pop- 
  

   pies, 
  and 
  especially 
  not 
  without 
  important 
  influ- 
  

   ence 
  on 
  the 
  monstrosity 
  of 
  the 
  pistilloid 
  variety. 
  

   Consequently 
  my 
  sowings 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  have 
  

   nearly 
  always 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  beds. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  show 
  how 
  great 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  all 
  

   these 
  little 
  things 
  may 
  become, 
  we 
  only 
  have 
  to 
  

   make 
  two 
  sowings 
  on 
  neighboring 
  beds 
  and 
  un- 
  

   der 
  conditions 
  which 
  have 
  carefully 
  been 
  made 
  

   as 
  equal 
  as 
  possible. 
  If 
  we 
  use 
  for 
  these 
  con- 
  

   trolling 
  experiments 
  seeds 
  from 
  one 
  and 
  the 
  

   same 
  capsule, 
  it 
  will 
  soon 
  become 
  evident 
  that 
  

  

  