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in existence until I came on the floor yesterday. I found, though, that I had gradually 

 evolved something similar to what I believe his theory to be. That is, I have been divid- 

 ing the carnations into about twelve sections, or eight sections I think, taking the crim- 

 sons and inbreeding those, and the whites, and so on, and I have got to the point where 

 I get reproductions; that is, in crossing pinks I get pinks, and in crossing yellows 1 

 get yellows. I suppose that I have been doing something somewhat near what Mendel 

 was doing, although I don't think that I have saved the seed from one particular plant 

 and repeatedly planted that seed. I haven't done that yet; I am going to try it soon, 

 though. 



