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effective during the first two years, but have now proved 

 to be more perennial than some of the others which were 

 more effective in 1908 and 1909. It is well known that 

 seedlings are much hardier and more perennial in their 

 character than most of the named varieties. This is so not 

 only with Pansies and Violas but with all florists' flowers. 

 The difficulty is to secure in any fair proportion of the 

 seedlings the same high quality possessed by the parents. 



