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with which the dandelion shoots out in spring, we 

 wonder why that member of the order was not the 

 one selected by the first gardener to become the 

 progenitor of the greatest salad plant. On the other 

 hand, why cannot the same hand that has made the 

 carrot become biennial, make the lettuce produce new 

 hearts on an old crown ? The way of evolution is 

 slow, but when we think how it has been in effect 

 hastened by such hustlers as Mr. Luther Burbank, 

 we are prepared to see all our old vegetables, ex- 

 cellent as they are, " scrapped " within the next 

 decade. 



