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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  those 
  with 
  50-100 
  such 
  organs 
  7 
  grams 
  and 
  

   those 
  with 
  a 
  bright 
  crown 
  10 
  grams, 
  the 
  appen- 
  

   dices 
  being 
  removed 
  before 
  the 
  weighing. 
  Cor- 
  

   responding 
  results 
  have 
  been 
  reached 
  by 
  the 
  

   comparison 
  of 
  the 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  capsules 
  with 
  

   their 
  abnormal 
  surroundings. 
  The 
  degree 
  of 
  

   development 
  of 
  the 
  monstrosity 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  this 
  

   observation 
  to 
  be 
  directly 
  dependent 
  on, 
  and 
  in 
  

   a 
  sense 
  proportionate 
  to 
  the 
  individual 
  strength 
  

   of 
  the 
  plant. 
  

  

  The 
  differences 
  between 
  the 
  specimens 
  grown 
  

   from 
  a 
  single 
  lot 
  of 
  seeds, 
  for 
  instance 
  from 
  

   the 
  seeds 
  of 
  one 
  self-fertilized 
  capsule 
  are, 
  as 
  I 
  

   have 
  said, 
  partly 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  divergences 
  which 
  

   are 
  always 
  present 
  in 
  a 
  bed, 
  even 
  if 
  the 
  utmost 
  

   care 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  as 
  uniform 
  as 
  

   possible. 
  These 
  local 
  differences 
  are 
  ordinarily 
  

   underrated 
  and 
  overlooked, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  often 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  to 
  be 
  sufficient 
  to 
  cultivate 
  small 
  lots 
  of 
  

   plants 
  under 
  apparently 
  similar 
  conditions 
  on 
  

   neighboring 
  beds, 
  to 
  be 
  justified 
  in 
  imputing 
  all 
  

   the 
  observed 
  deviations 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  to 
  heredi- 
  

   tary 
  inequalities. 
  This 
  of 
  course 
  is 
  true 
  for 
  

   large 
  lots, 
  whenever 
  the 
  averages 
  only 
  are 
  com- 
  

   pared. 
  In 
  smaller 
  experiments 
  the 
  external 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  of 
  the 
  single 
  individuals 
  should 
  always 
  

   be 
  considered 
  carefully. 
  Lots 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  

   square 
  meters 
  suffice 
  for 
  such 
  comparisons, 
  but 
  

   smaller 
  lots 
  are 
  always 
  subject 
  to 
  chances 
  and 
  

  

  