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  Mutations 
  

  

  peats 
  its 
  type 
  only 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  proportion 
  

   of 
  its 
  seed. 
  

  

  All 
  in 
  all 
  we 
  thus 
  have 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  a 
  dozen 
  new 
  

   types, 
  springing 
  from 
  an 
  original 
  form 
  in 
  one 
  

   restricted 
  locality, 
  and 
  seen 
  to 
  grow 
  there, 
  

   or 
  arising 
  in 
  the 
  garden 
  from 
  seeds 
  collected 
  

   from 
  the 
  original 
  locality. 
  Without 
  any 
  doubt 
  

   the 
  germs 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  types 
  are 
  fully 
  developed 
  

   within 
  the 
  seed, 
  ready 
  to 
  be 
  evolved 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  

   of 
  germination. 
  More 
  favorable 
  conditions 
  in 
  

   the 
  field 
  would 
  no 
  doubt 
  allow 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  new 
  species 
  to 
  unfold 
  their 
  attributes 
  

   there, 
  and 
  to 
  come 
  into 
  competition 
  with 
  each 
  

   other 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  common 
  parents. 
  But 
  ob- 
  

   viously 
  this 
  is 
  only 
  of 
  secondary 
  importance, 
  

   and 
  has 
  no 
  influence 
  on 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  new 
  types, 
  analogous 
  to 
  the 
  older 
  swarms 
  of 
  

   Draba, 
  Viola 
  and 
  of 
  many 
  other 
  polymorphous 
  

   species, 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  to 
  arise 
  directly 
  in 
  the 
  

   wild 
  state. 
  

  

  