QUANTITY PRODUCTION 



On Seedlings and Their Care 



THE word "evolution" chances to have nine 

 letters. Suppose that these letters were 

 penciled on nine blocks of wood that are 

 otherwise identical, and these little blocks were 

 put in a bag and mixed together. Suppose then 

 that you were asked to put your hand in the bag 

 and bring forth one block after another, placing 

 them in sequence as you brought them from the 

 bag. 



What probability is there, do you think, that 

 your blindfold selection of the blocks would 

 result in bringing them out in such sequence as to 

 spell the word "evolution" ? 



A mathematician could doubtless figure out 

 the exact probabilities, but you need not be a 

 mathematician to realize that the chances are 

 almost infinitely against you. 



Xow, am I not right in saying that the plant 

 developer who expects to find a considerable 

 number — let us say nine — of particular qualities 



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