﻿Monstrosities 
  405 
  

  

  means 
  at 
  once 
  got 
  up 
  to 
  34$ 
  of 
  twisted 
  stems. 
  

   This 
  proportion 
  has 
  since 
  remained 
  practically 
  

   the 
  same. 
  I 
  have 
  selected 
  and 
  isolated 
  my 
  

   plants 
  during 
  five 
  succeeding 
  generations, 
  but 
  

   without 
  any 
  further 
  result, 
  the 
  percentage 
  of 
  

   twisted 
  stems 
  fluctuating 
  between 
  30 
  and 
  

   about 
  45 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  cultures 
  

   and 
  the 
  favorableness 
  or 
  unf 
  avorableness 
  of 
  the 
  

   weather. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  very 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  all 
  depends 
  

   on 
  the 
  question 
  whether 
  one 
  has 
  the 
  good 
  for- 
  

   tune 
  of 
  finding 
  a 
  rich 
  race 
  or 
  not, 
  as 
  this 
  pedi- 
  

   gree-culture 
  shows. 
  Afterward 
  everything 
  de- 
  

   pends 
  on 
  treatment 
  and 
  very 
  little 
  on 
  selection. 
  

   As 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  treatment 
  becomes 
  adequate, 
  the 
  

   full 
  strength 
  of 
  the 
  race 
  at 
  once 
  displays 
  itself, 
  

   but 
  afterwards 
  no 
  selection 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  improve 
  

   it 
  to 
  any 
  appreciable 
  amount. 
  Of 
  course, 
  in 
  

   the 
  long 
  rnn, 
  the 
  responses 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  pistilloid 
  poppies 
  on 
  the 
  average, 
  

   and 
  some 
  influence 
  of 
  selection 
  will 
  show 
  itself 
  

   on 
  closer 
  scrutiny. 
  

  

  Compared 
  with 
  the 
  polycephalous 
  poppies 
  my 
  

   race 
  of 
  twisted 
  teasels 
  is 
  much 
  richer 
  in 
  atav- 
  

   ists. 
  They 
  are 
  never 
  absent, 
  and 
  always 
  con- 
  

   stitute 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  each 
  generation 
  and 
  each 
  

   bed, 
  comprising 
  somewhat 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  

   individuals. 
  Intermediate 
  stages 
  between 
  them 
  

   and 
  the 
  wholly 
  twisted 
  stems 
  are 
  not 
  wanting, 
  

  

  