﻿Poll/cephalic 
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  the 
  weather 
  was 
  so 
  bad 
  as 
  to 
  reduce 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  full 
  crowns 
  in 
  the 
  control 
  experiments 
  to 
  10$. 
  

  

  It 
  would 
  be 
  quite 
  superfluous 
  to 
  give 
  more 
  de- 
  

   tails 
  or 
  to 
  describe 
  additional 
  experiments. 
  

   Suffice 
  to 
  say, 
  that 
  the 
  results 
  all 
  point 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  direction, 
  and 
  that 
  pistillody 
  of 
  the 
  pop- 
  

   pies 
  always 
  clearly 
  responds 
  to 
  the 
  treatment, 
  

   especially 
  to 
  external 
  conditions 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  

   few 
  weeks, 
  that 
  is, 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  sensi- 
  

   tiveness. 
  The 
  healthier 
  and 
  the 
  stronger 
  the 
  

   plants 
  the 
  more 
  fully 
  they 
  will 
  develop 
  their 
  

   anomaly. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion 
  something 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  said 
  about 
  

   the 
  choice 
  of 
  the 
  seed. 
  Obviously 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  

   to 
  compare 
  seeds 
  of 
  different 
  origin 
  by 
  sowing 
  

   and 
  treating 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way, 
  giving 
  at- 
  

   tention 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  points 
  above 
  mentioned. 
  In 
  

   doing 
  so 
  the 
  first 
  question 
  will 
  be, 
  whether 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  difference 
  between 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  strong 
  

   plants 
  with 
  a 
  bright 
  crown 
  around 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  

   those 
  of 
  weaker 
  individuals 
  with 
  lesser 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  anomaly. 
  It 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  such 
  a 
  

   difference 
  must 
  be 
  expected, 
  since 
  the 
  nutrition 
  

   of 
  the 
  seed 
  takes 
  place 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  the 
  

   greatest 
  sensitiveness. 
  

  

  But 
  the 
  experiments 
  will 
  show 
  whether 
  this 
  

   effect 
  holds 
  good 
  against 
  the 
  influences 
  which 
  

   tend 
  to 
  change 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  development 
  

   of 
  the 
  anomaly 
  during 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  germination. 
  

  

  