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AGRICULTURE. 



FIG. 87. COSMOS FLOWERS. 



From satae stem, showing variation. 



velops, and fixes type." * When a seedling 

 possesses desirable qualities, " it is almost in- 

 variably necessary to render these characters 

 hereditary by careful and continued selection 

 and in-and-inbreeding through several gen- 

 erations." 



Year-book, 1S97, p. 408. 



