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  all 
  such 
  usages. 
  So 
  for 
  instance 
  there 
  are 
  num- 
  

   erous 
  flowers 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  red 
  or 
  a 
  dark 
  

   blue 
  color, 
  and 
  which, 
  besides 
  a 
  white 
  variety, 
  

   have 
  a 
  pink 
  or 
  a 
  pale 
  blue 
  form. 
  Such 
  pale 
  

   varieties 
  are 
  of 
  exactly 
  the 
  same 
  value 
  as 
  others, 
  

   and 
  on 
  testing 
  they 
  are 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  equally 
  

   stable. 
  So 
  for 
  instance 
  the 
  pink 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  

   Sweet 
  William 
  (Silene 
  Armeria 
  rosea), 
  the 
  

   Clarkia 
  pulchella 
  carnea 
  and 
  the 
  pale 
  variety 
  

   of 
  the 
  corn-cockle, 
  called 
  usually 
  Agrostemma 
  

   Githago 
  nicaeensis 
  or 
  even 
  simply 
  A. 
  nicaeensis. 
  

   The 
  latter 
  variety 
  I 
  found 
  pure 
  during 
  ten 
  suc- 
  

   ceeding 
  generations. 
  Another 
  notable 
  stable 
  

   intermediate 
  form 
  is 
  the 
  poppy 
  bearing 
  the 
  

   Danish 
  flag 
  (Papaver 
  somniferum 
  Danebrog). 
  

   It 
  is 
  an 
  old 
  variety, 
  and 
  absolutely 
  pure 
  when 
  

   cultivated 
  separately. 
  A 
  long 
  list 
  of 
  other 
  in- 
  

   stances 
  might 
  easily 
  be 
  given. 
  

  

  Many 
  garden-varieties, 
  that 
  are 
  still 
  univer- 
  

   sally 
  prized 
  and 
  cultivated 
  are 
  very 
  old. 
  It 
  is 
  

   curious 
  to 
  note 
  how 
  often 
  such 
  forms 
  have 
  been 
  

   introduced 
  as 
  novelties. 
  The 
  common 
  fox- 
  

   glove 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  examples. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  mon- 
  

   strous 
  variety, 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  showy 
  because 
  it 
  

   bears 
  on 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  its 
  raceme 
  and 
  branches, 
  

   large 
  erect 
  cup-shaped 
  flowers, 
  which 
  have 
  quite 
  

   a 
  different 
  aspect 
  from 
  the 
  normal 
  thimble- 
  

   shaped 
  side-blossoms. 
  These 
  flowers 
  are 
  or- 
  

   dinarily 
  described 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  anomaly 
  

  

  