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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  or 
  at 
  least 
  temporarily 
  better, 
  nourishment. 
  No 
  

   starting-point 
  for 
  such 
  an 
  independent 
  selection 
  

   has 
  ever 
  been 
  met 
  with. 
  

  

  Summing 
  up 
  the 
  consequences 
  of 
  this 
  some- 
  

   what 
  extended 
  discussion, 
  we 
  may 
  state 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  

   rule 
  that 
  a 
  general 
  proportion 
  between 
  the 
  in- 
  

   dividual 
  strength 
  and 
  the 
  degree 
  of 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  anomaly 
  exists. 
  And 
  from 
  this 
  

   point 
  of 
  view 
  it 
  is 
  easy 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  all 
  external 
  

   causes 
  which 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  affect 
  the 
  one, 
  must 
  

   be 
  expected 
  to 
  influence 
  the 
  other, 
  also. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  therefore 
  hardly 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  give 
  

   a 
  full 
  description 
  of 
  all 
  my 
  experiments 
  on 
  the 
  

   relations 
  of 
  the 
  monstrosity 
  to 
  external 
  condi- 
  

   tions. 
  A 
  hasty 
  survey 
  will 
  suffice. 
  

  

  This 
  survey 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  intended 
  to 
  convey 
  an 
  

   idea 
  of 
  the 
  relations 
  of 
  pistilloid 
  poppies 
  to 
  

   their 
  environment, 
  but 
  may 
  serve 
  as 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   ample 
  of 
  the 
  principle 
  involved. 
  According 
  

   to 
  my 
  experience 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  range 
  of 
  other 
  

   anomalies, 
  the 
  same 
  rule 
  prevails 
  everywhere. 
  

   And 
  this 
  rule 
  is 
  so 
  simple 
  that 
  exact 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  one 
  instance 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  sufficient 
  

   to 
  enable 
  us 
  to 
  calculate 
  from 
  analogy 
  what 
  is 
  

   to 
  be 
  expected 
  from 
  a 
  given 
  treatment 
  of 
  any 
  

   other 
  anomaly. 
  Our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  observed 
  

   facts 
  and 
  the 
  conditions 
  to 
  be 
  chosen 
  for 
  

   intended 
  cultures 
  are 
  largely 
  dependent 
  on 
  such 
  

   calculations. 
  What 
  I 
  am 
  now 
  going 
  to 
  describe 
  

  

  