﻿Origin 
  of 
  Peloric 
  Toadflax 
  469 
  

  

  But 
  as 
  the 
  whole 
  life-history 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   generations 
  had 
  been 
  carefully 
  observed 
  and 
  

   recorded, 
  the 
  exact 
  interpretation 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  

   was 
  readily 
  made. 
  

  

  My 
  culture 
  commenced 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1886. 
  I 
  

   chose 
  some 
  plants 
  of 
  the 
  normal 
  type 
  with 
  one 
  

   or 
  two 
  peloric 
  flowers 
  besides 
  the 
  bilabiate 
  ma- 
  

   jority 
  which 
  I 
  found 
  on 
  a 
  locality 
  in 
  the 
  neigh- 
  

   borhood 
  of 
  Hilversum 
  in 
  Holland. 
  I 
  planted 
  

   the 
  roots 
  in 
  my 
  garden 
  and 
  from 
  them 
  had 
  the 
  

   first 
  flowering 
  generation 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  sum- 
  

   mer. 
  From 
  their 
  seeds 
  I 
  grew 
  the 
  second 
  gen- 
  

   eration 
  in 
  three 
  following 
  years. 
  They 
  flow- 
  

   ered 
  profusely 
  and 
  produced 
  in 
  1889 
  only 
  one, 
  

   and 
  in 
  1890 
  only 
  two 
  peloric 
  structures. 
  I 
  saved 
  

   the 
  seeds 
  in 
  1889 
  and 
  had 
  in 
  1890-1891 
  the 
  third 
  

   generation. 
  These 
  plants 
  likewise 
  flowered 
  

   only 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  year, 
  and 
  gave 
  among 
  some 
  

   thousands 
  of 
  symmetrical 
  blossoms, 
  only 
  one 
  

   five-spurred 
  flower. 
  I 
  pollinated 
  this 
  flower 
  

   myself, 
  and 
  it 
  produced 
  abundant 
  fruit 
  with 
  

   enough 
  seeds 
  for 
  the 
  entire 
  culture 
  in 
  1892, 
  and 
  

   they 
  only 
  were 
  sown. 
  

  

  Until 
  this 
  year 
  my 
  generations 
  required 
  two 
  

   years 
  each, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  perennial 
  habit 
  of 
  the 
  

   plants. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  the 
  prospects 
  of 
  the 
  cul- 
  

   ture 
  began 
  to 
  decrease, 
  and 
  I 
  proposed 
  to 
  try 
  to 
  

   heighten 
  my 
  chances 
  by 
  having 
  a 
  new 
  genera- 
  

   tion 
  yearly. 
  With 
  this 
  intention 
  I 
  sowed 
  the 
  

  

  