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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  are 
  not 
  yet 
  visible, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  are 
  not 
  far 
  

   enough 
  developed 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  real 
  distinctive 
  

   marks. 
  Children 
  may 
  be 
  employed 
  to 
  choose 
  

   and 
  destroy 
  the 
  singles. 
  There 
  are 
  some 
  slight 
  

   differences 
  in 
  the 
  fullness 
  and 
  roundness 
  of 
  the 
  

   buds 
  and 
  the 
  pubescence 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  leaves. 
  

   Moreover 
  the 
  buds 
  of 
  the 
  doubles 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  

   be 
  sweeter 
  to 
  the 
  taste 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  singles. 
  

   But 
  as 
  yet 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  ascertain, 
  

   whether 
  any 
  scientific 
  investigation 
  of 
  this 
  proc- 
  

   ess 
  has 
  ever 
  been 
  made, 
  though 
  according 
  to 
  

   some 
  communications 
  made 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  

  

  / 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Cornu, 
  the 
  practice 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  in 
  the 
  environs 
  of 
  Paris. 
  In 
  summer 
  large 
  

   fields 
  may 
  be 
  seen, 
  bearing 
  exclusively 
  double 
  

   flowers, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  weeding 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  singles 
  

   long 
  before 
  flowering. 
  

  

  Bud- 
  variation 
  is 
  the 
  last 
  point 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  up. 
  

   It 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  rare 
  with 
  stocks, 
  but 
  some 
  

   instances 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  in 
  literature. 
  

   Darwin 
  mentions 
  a 
  double 
  stock 
  with 
  a 
  branch 
  

   bearing 
  single 
  flowers, 
  and 
  other 
  cases 
  are 
  

   known 
  to 
  have 
  occurred. 
  But 
  in 
  no 
  instance 
  

   does 
  the 
  seed 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  bud-variant 
  seem 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  saved. 
  Occasionally 
  other 
  rever- 
  

   sions 
  also 
  occur. 
  From 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  appear 
  with 
  more 
  luxurious 
  growth 
  

   and 
  with 
  divergent 
  instead 
  of 
  erect 
  pods. 
  

   They 
  are 
  called, 
  in 
  Erfurt, 
  " 
  generals 
  " 
  on 
  ac- 
  

  

  