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them, in the hope of their fully retaining their new 

 character ; but in my experience they are never so 

 good as in the first season of the sport, coming 

 after that always thinner in the flower and less 

 brilliant in colour. 



Occasionally they will go back to their original 

 character, as was the case with Mr. Barlow's fine 

 Scarlet Bizarre, Robert Houlgrave, which was 

 largely productive of run flowers the first season of 

 its distribution, but the run stock of which for the 

 most part returned to its original character the 

 following season. In the case of new or scarce 

 varieties, it is always worth while to layer the run 

 stock for the chance of its coming true again. 

 Picotees are also known to run, but so rarely that 

 practically they may be said to be exempt from 

 the aberration which afflicts their brethren. 



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