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And while there will be no metamorphosis in 

 the essential characteristics of this beautiful and 

 popular flower, further modifications of detail 

 that are of no small practical significance may 

 confidently be expected. 



We may well suppose that when 

 the gladiolus was finally brought 

 to California, having been shipped 

 first from South Africa to 

 Europe and then from Europe 

 halfway round the globe, there 

 was an added stimulus, urging the 

 plant to still further modifications 

 of habit, and supplying yet other 

 elements of variation, such as 

 form the basis of all plant 

 development work. 



Vol. 7 Bur. 



