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derful blossom with a really valuable edible fruit, 

 the preeminence of the rose among all the plants 

 that man has placed under cultivation would be 

 still more firmly established. 



There is a time element in the in- 

 troduction of a new flower or fruit. 

 In fact, no new plant development 

 could be expected to make its way 

 except very gradually at first; 

 although if valuable it gains mo- 

 mentum with great rapidity after 

 a time. 



