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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  or 
  region 
  requires 
  the 
  systematic 
  subdivisions 
  

   and 
  should 
  always 
  use 
  his 
  utmost 
  efforts 
  to 
  

   keep 
  them 
  as 
  they 
  are. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  intrinsic 
  

   difficulty 
  in 
  the 
  statement 
  that 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  plant 
  should 
  constitute 
  different 
  va- 
  

   rieties. 
  

  

  In 
  some 
  cases 
  different 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   plant 
  have 
  been 
  described 
  as 
  species. 
  So 
  for 
  

   instance 
  with 
  the 
  climbing 
  forms 
  of 
  figs. 
  Un- 
  

   der 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Ficus 
  repens 
  a 
  fine 
  little 
  plant 
  is 
  

   quite 
  commonly 
  cultivated 
  as 
  a 
  climber 
  in 
  flower 
  

   baskets. 
  It 
  is 
  never 
  seen 
  bearing 
  figs. 
  On 
  the 
  

   other 
  hand 
  a 
  shrub 
  of 
  our 
  hothouses 
  called 
  

   Ficus 
  stipulata, 
  is 
  cultivated 
  in 
  pots 
  and 
  makes 
  

   a 
  small 
  tree 
  which 
  produces 
  quite 
  large, 
  though 
  

   non-edible 
  figs. 
  Now 
  these 
  two 
  species 
  are 
  sim- 
  

   ply 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  plant. 
  If 
  the 
  repens 
  is 
  

   allowed 
  to 
  climb 
  up 
  high 
  along 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  

   hothouses, 
  it 
  will 
  at 
  last 
  produce 
  stipulata- 
  

   branches 
  with 
  the 
  corresponding 
  fruits. 
  Ficus 
  

   radicans 
  is 
  another 
  climbing 
  form, 
  correspond- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  shrub 
  Ficus 
  ulmi 
  folia 
  of 
  our 
  glass- 
  

   houses. 
  And 
  quite 
  the 
  same 
  thing 
  occurs 
  with 
  

   ivy, 
  the 
  climbing 
  steins 
  of 
  which 
  never 
  flower, 
  

   but 
  always 
  first 
  produce 
  erect 
  and 
  free 
  branches 
  

   with 
  rhombic 
  leaves. 
  These 
  branches 
  have 
  

   often 
  been 
  used 
  as 
  cuttings 
  and 
  yield 
  little 
  erect 
  

   and 
  richly 
  flowering 
  shrubs, 
  which 
  are 
  known 
  in 
  

  

  