10 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Jury $, 1919, 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. To adapt the phrase within the original primi ufum to test this view. Е. Judson Page, 
A.R.C.Sc., Exeter 
tive white, рее ап ars to be.the ‘‘ least com- 
The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the MON” generic or с s Sige of the Fuchsia. In 
; Жем 1 iiie: 2 ng spite x the fact ders rays are included in A Hom е subi ute for Dried Curranis.—The 
MMC Jy. cer мао ^e make-up of white, e a зыла Eodua, wes 5 lderberry gathered ripe and pre 
Var m ty in s.—Taking the id been observed or produced? Speaking gener- th iere a пе р Ra be s substituted for 
ало; worked out ae 7 F. in his еы: the real question involved is whether vari- the d im disi бн be oy Ur d the El ide бы 
interesting letter, on р. 321, vol. LXV., and ability in гаду is atabal ty within generic or n E de е pics APA E ES 
assuming that what I may zali the original specific limits, and the explanation of the rise example. D. Cope Coser’ DR М ГЕ: 
primitive plant constitution of the British Paris апа existenc ce of varia rabi ility at all. Darwin (4 j ae 1 1 pers Hl 
uadrifolia contains within itself the life ^ assumed illimitability of variability, and there- 
principles o e T.leaved specimen named, as fore wrote “A well-marked variety may therefore Kerria japonica flore pleno (see p. 279, vol. LXV.) 
well as the normal 4-leaved, and that, so far, it Бе called an incipient species" (Origin of Species, —The specimen o of this plant mentioned by J.P. 
is possible to represent this in a numerical way, р. 65, etal, 1901 edition). A theory of intravolu- he height given in “Nichol 
en each of these would cdi be regarded tion, "such as, working from Ligher reaches of or- son's Dictionary of Gardening refers, no doubt, 
as intravolved írom this more, primitive mature ganic development, I endeavoured to expound in to the height o of the shrub when grown in the 
ed by a least common multiple of 8 and myquiteforgotten and now out-of-print work, The open, but it grows much taller when trained to 
28, 56. he ques is, of course, ex- Clue to the Ages, so ei: back as 1896, assumes the a т as in the case nd Obr onra siot катай 
м2 complex. J. Tq s possession of 5- | permanence ot the composite creative principle and A other It 1 wes 
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leaved specimens, for instance, means that if that intravolves the generic or spec type, tha t good manure assis eta 
they are included, the least common multiple within the limits of the operation of ‘which vari- but it should be thoroughly xe there 
would be greater still. Perhaps the general idea ability is ames As to the expla en of vari- soil, xiot sandwiched in layers, and then The 
of an intravolutionary explanation of the facts ability Darwin frankly uda i He says, will ^ less danger of trouble е from drought, crab 
en = re is worth Consideration on its bearing “Some have even ‘imagine ed that natural selection few really reliable late Peas include Auto 
The tricotyledonous ^ induces variability, whereas it implies only the i i variety); 
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tion is now pom Adern flower buds. : e petals ^ beneficial to the g under its conditions of Gladstone. The last named is also one p ta 
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n n do nothin ibid p. 100). on favours 0 
colour ot, for instance, "he Fuchsia? veria are On pea theory of Бари Мпа ti oes the explanation of | favours the podding. ntial 
white parts in some kinds. But white is the the and appearance of variability is due to An abundance of light апі air are езп. 
fect blending "E an the spectroscopic co s anat Be outeropping of a ‚ ргеуі ously, laten: at element to A wellbeing of late Peas, € Ma the 
From white all — can p intravolved : but in the Ww. , in its plants are grown thickly in the r d 5000 
the colours of the sia appear to sg confin as "us line of acti ivity, intravolves the permanent. eem are crowded, the crops tas light а. ^ 
to чате Дебар іп опе ог ме generic ог scientific type. І hope . and over. culture also др es the qual? 
ponent elemental colours of purple- ea or К ias. others will begin or continue investigations and the Peas. James A. Рал 
