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cane is planted, one of the short 

 segments of the stalk is placed in the 

 ground and soon throws out roots 

 of its own. When plants are prop- 

 agated in this way, there is no 

 chance for variation and consequent 

 improvement. It is the same old 

 plant growing over and over again 

 there are no new combinations of 

 heredity to combine in working the 

 wonders of variation. 



The discovery of cane seedlings, 

 thus although undoubtedly there 

 had been many such seedlings, un- 

 noticed, before was one, therefore, 

 of the utmost importance. 



The Trinidad physician, full of 

 enthusiasm at uncovering one of 

 Nature's secrets, transplanted a num- 

 ber of the cane-seedlings, brought 

 them to maturity, and found several 

 new and apparently superior vari- 

 eties of the cane among them. 



One of these was carried subse- 

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