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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  can 
  be 
  inferred 
  that 
  the 
  sensitive 
  period 
  of 
  the 
  

   anomaly 
  is 
  limited 
  for 
  the 
  terminal 
  flower-head, 
  

   to 
  the 
  first 
  few 
  weeks 
  of 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  

   plants. 
  The 
  secondary 
  heads 
  manifestly 
  leave 
  

   this 
  period 
  at 
  a 
  somewhat 
  later 
  stage. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  prove 
  the 
  accuracy 
  of 
  this 
  con- 
  

   clusion 
  I 
  have 
  tried 
  to 
  injure 
  the 
  anomalies 
  

   after 
  the 
  expiration 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  

   weeks. 
  I 
  deprived 
  them 
  of 
  their 
  leaves, 
  and 
  

   damaged 
  them 
  in 
  different 
  ways. 
  I 
  succeeded 
  

   in 
  making 
  them 
  very 
  weak 
  and 
  slender, 
  without 
  

   being 
  able 
  to 
  diminish 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  super- 
  

   numerary 
  carpels. 
  The 
  proportionality 
  of 
  the 
  

   size 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  fruit 
  and 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  

   the 
  surrounding 
  crown 
  can 
  often 
  be 
  modified 
  or 
  

   even 
  destroyed 
  by 
  this 
  means, 
  and 
  the 
  apparent 
  

   exceptions 
  from 
  this 
  rule, 
  which 
  are 
  often 
  ob- 
  

   served, 
  may 
  find 
  their 
  explanation 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  second 
  place 
  I 
  have 
  tried 
  to 
  change 
  the 
  

   development 
  of 
  the 
  anomaly 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  

   of 
  sensibility, 
  and 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  part 
  of 
  it. 
  

   This 
  experiment 
  succeeded 
  fully 
  when 
  carried 
  

   out 
  within 
  the 
  fifth 
  or 
  sixth 
  week 
  after 
  the 
  be- 
  

   ginning 
  of 
  the 
  germination. 
  As 
  means 
  of 
  in- 
  

   jury 
  I 
  transplanted 
  the 
  young 
  plants. 
  To 
  this 
  

   end 
  I 
  sowed 
  my 
  seeds 
  in 
  pans 
  in 
  unmanured 
  soil, 
  

   planted 
  them 
  out 
  in 
  little 
  pots 
  with 
  richly 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  earth, 
  grew 
  them 
  in 
  these 
  during 
  a 
  few 
  

   weeks 
  and 
  afterwards 
  transferred 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  