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ductions from seed is inconstant, variable,, changeful. 

 If you sow the seed of a green-edged flower, you 

 must not expect them to come all green-edged ; nor 

 of a white-edged, all white-edged ; indeed, you have 

 no right to expect they should come so, if the seed 

 has been saved from plants growing in the company 

 of all the sorts, for in that case the breed will un- 

 doubtedly be a mixed breed. To have a pure un- 

 mixed breed of clear, green-edged flowers, for in- 

 stance, as pure, at least, as the inconstancy of this 

 flower will admit, it is necessary to remove two or 

 three plants of any one fine sort from the general 

 collection in the spring, before they come into flower, 

 to a distance, I would say, if it were possible, of a 

 mile, at least, from any other Auriculas : by doing 

 this, you will take all the reasonable pains, and use 

 all the feasible means, to ensure an unmixed breed ; 

 you will prevent any impregnation ; and if there be 

 a chance of the parent plant breeding an offspring 

 anything like itself, that chance will be yours. 



I particularly press this upon the youthful florist ; 

 as for the old humdrum, ignorant, conceited, blind 



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