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  Mutations 
  

  

  culture 
  from 
  the 
  seed 
  of 
  the 
  dwarf 
  variety 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  Jules 
  Chretien. 
  ' 
  The 
  seeds 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  

   introduced 
  plants 
  in 
  my 
  garden, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  

   sport 
  has 
  no 
  ornamental 
  value 
  it 
  is 
  uncertain 
  

   whether 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  instance 
  or 
  whether 
  

   it 
  had 
  previously 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  at 
  

   Lyons, 
  from 
  whence 
  the 
  bulbs 
  were 
  secured. 
  

   Afterwards 
  it 
  proved 
  true 
  from 
  seed, 
  but 
  was 
  

   very 
  variable, 
  exhibiting 
  rather 
  the 
  features 
  of 
  

   an 
  ever-sporting 
  variety. 
  

  

  Another 
  novelty 
  was 
  seen 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  in 
  

   several 
  individuals. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  pink 
  sport 
  of 
  the 
  

   European 
  cranesbill, 
  Geranium 
  pratense. 
  It 
  

   arose 
  quite 
  unexpectedly 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1902 
  

   from 
  a 
  striped 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  blue 
  species. 
  It 
  

   was 
  seen 
  in 
  seven 
  specimens 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  about 
  

   a 
  hundred 
  plants. 
  This 
  strain 
  was 
  introduced 
  

   into 
  my 
  garden 
  in 
  1897, 
  when 
  I 
  bought 
  two 
  

   plants 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Geranium 
  pratense 
  

   album, 
  which 
  however 
  proved 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  

   striped 
  variety. 
  From 
  their 
  seeds 
  I 
  sowed 
  in 
  

   1898 
  a 
  first 
  generation, 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  hundred 
  

   plants 
  flowered 
  the 
  next 
  year, 
  and 
  from 
  their 
  

   seeds 
  I 
  sowed 
  in 
  1900 
  the 
  lot 
  which 
  produced 
  

   the 
  sport. 
  Neither 
  the 
  introduced 
  plants 
  nor 
  

   their 
  offspring 
  had 
  exhibited 
  the 
  least 
  sign 
  of 
  a 
  

   color-variation, 
  besides 
  the 
  blue 
  and 
  white 
  

   stripes. 
  Hence 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  probable 
  that 
  my 
  nov- 
  

   elty 
  was 
  a 
  true 
  first 
  mutation, 
  the 
  more 
  prob- 
  

  

  