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order to have the crop ripen as early as practicable. 

 There are many things that will exert a marked in- 

 fluence on the growth and fructification of wheat, which 

 should not be overlooked when one is conducting an ex- 

 periment to determine any- point touching the climatol- 

 ogy of wheat, or of any other plant. 



J. S. Lippincott, Haddonfield, N". J., writes on this 

 subject : 



" When importing seed wheat and any other seed of 

 new or superior varieties of plants, attention should 

 always be directed to the peculiarities of the soil arid 

 climate under which they originated, and those under 

 which it is proposed to grow them. English varieties 

 of spring wheat that are sown in February or early in 

 March, have the benefit of early spring growth, and 

 of a milder and moister summer than a spring-sown 

 wheat can have in the eastern United States. The fail- 

 ure that has attended recent attempts to introduce 

 English varieties of wheat is no new thing, such hav- 

 ing been the almost universal result for many years 

 past. 



" If it be true that each variety of grain is adapted 

 to a specific climate in which it grows perfectly, and 

 where it does not degenerate when supplied with pro- 

 per and sufficient nourishment, may not the considera- 

 tion of the origin of each variety we propose to sow be 

 of more importance than has yet been accorded to it in 

 the selection of minor varieties, the product of our own 

 country ? The varieties of wheat that have originated 

 apparently by accident (for there are no accidents in 

 nature), or from peculiar culture, do not enjoy all the 

 surroundings necessary for perfect continuous product. 

 Causes yet unexplained are ever at work modifying the 



