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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  no 
  exact 
  similarity 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  lots 
  may 
  be 
  

   expected. 
  Such 
  differences 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  

   these 
  cases 
  are 
  therefore 
  never 
  to 
  be 
  considered 
  

   of 
  value 
  when 
  comparing 
  two 
  lots 
  of 
  seeds 
  of 
  

   different 
  origin, 
  or 
  under 
  varying 
  conditions. 
  

   No 
  amount 
  of 
  accuracy 
  in 
  the 
  estimation 
  of 
  the 
  

   results 
  of 
  a 
  trial, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  counting 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   several 
  degrees 
  of 
  the 
  anomaly, 
  is 
  adequate 
  to 
  

   overcome 
  the 
  inaccuracy 
  resulting 
  from 
  these 
  

   differences. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  certainly 
  of 
  great 
  importance 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  

   correct 
  conception 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  

   the 
  surrounding 
  conditions 
  on 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  a 
  

   plant 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  attribute 
  we 
  

   are 
  to 
  deal 
  with. 
  No 
  less 
  important 
  is 
  the 
  ques- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  sensibility 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  to 
  these 
  fac- 
  

   tors. 
  Obviously 
  this 
  sensibility 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  

   expected 
  to 
  remain 
  the 
  same 
  during 
  the 
  entire 
  

   life-period, 
  and 
  periods 
  of 
  stronger 
  and 
  of 
  

   weaker 
  responses 
  may 
  be 
  discerned. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  first 
  place 
  it 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  external 
  or 
  

   inner 
  influences 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  change 
  the 
  direction 
  

   of 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  an 
  organ 
  only 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  

   this 
  development 
  is 
  not 
  yet 
  fully 
  finished. 
  In 
  

   the 
  young 
  flower-bud 
  of 
  the 
  pistilloid 
  poppy 
  

   there 
  must 
  evidently 
  be 
  some 
  moment 
  in 
  which 
  

   it 
  is 
  definitely 
  decided 
  whether 
  the 
  young 
  

   stamens 
  will 
  grow 
  out 
  normally 
  or 
  become 
  meta- 
  

   morphosed 
  into 
  secondary 
  pistils. 
  From 
  this 
  

  

  