12 THE SCIENCE AND PEACTTCE 



fairly derived legitimate seed. If, again, we take 

 these variations for tlie purpose of obtaining hybrids, 

 we need not wonder at the infinite variety of sorts 

 which can be brought about, but rather that any 

 sort could be maintained in that trueness of character 

 or in that state of permanency which we sometimes 

 find to be the case. 



