﻿Monstrosities 
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  tray 
  themselves 
  by 
  the 
  frequency 
  of 
  the 
  anom- 
  

   aly, 
  and 
  therefore 
  may 
  be 
  found, 
  and 
  tried 
  in 
  

   the 
  garden. 
  Under 
  adequate 
  cultivation 
  they 
  

   are 
  here 
  as 
  rich 
  in 
  aberrant 
  individuals 
  as 
  the 
  

   twisted 
  races 
  quoted 
  above, 
  producing 
  in 
  good 
  

   years 
  from 
  30 
  - 
  40$ 
  and 
  often 
  more 
  instances. 
  I 
  

   have 
  cultivated 
  such 
  rich 
  races 
  of 
  the 
  dandelion 
  

   (Taraxacum 
  officinale], 
  of 
  Thrincia 
  hirta, 
  of 
  the 
  

   dame's 
  violet 
  (Hesperis 
  matronalis), 
  of 
  the 
  

   hawkweed 
  (Picris 
  hieracioides) 
  , 
  of 
  the 
  rough 
  

   hawksbeard 
  (Crepis 
  biennis), 
  and 
  others. 
  

  

  Respecting 
  the 
  hereditary 
  tendencies 
  these 
  

   rich 
  varieties 
  with 
  flattened 
  stems 
  may 
  be 
  put 
  in 
  

   the 
  same 
  category 
  with 
  the 
  twisted 
  races. 
  Two 
  

   points, 
  however, 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  especial 
  interest 
  

   and 
  to 
  deserve 
  a 
  separate 
  treatment, 
  

  

  The 
  common 
  cockscomb 
  or 
  Celosia 
  cristata, 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  oldest 
  and 
  most 
  widely 
  cultivated 
  

   fasciated 
  varieties 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  illustrate 
  

   the 
  first 
  point. 
  In 
  beds 
  it 
  is 
  often 
  to 
  be 
  

   seen 
  in 
  quite 
  uniform 
  lots 
  of 
  large 
  and 
  beau- 
  

   tiful 
  crests, 
  but 
  this 
  uniformity 
  is 
  only 
  se- 
  

   cured 
  by 
  careful 
  culture 
  and 
  selection 
  of 
  the 
  

   best 
  individuals. 
  In 
  experimental 
  trials 
  

   such 
  selection 
  must 
  be 
  avoided, 
  and 
  in 
  doing 
  

   so 
  a 
  wide 
  range 
  of 
  variability 
  at 
  once 
  shows 
  

   itself. 
  Tall, 
  branched 
  stems, 
  with 
  fan- 
  

   shaped 
  tops 
  arise, 
  constituting 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   steps 
  towards 
  complete 
  atavism. 
  This 
  last, 
  

  

  