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true strain I saw in the garden of Mr W. Boyd, at 

 Ormiston, near Roxburgh Station, many years ago. Of 

 course, there is plenty of so-called Aq. glandulosa to he 

 had, hut the strains are too free flowering to be true. Aq. 

 Stuarti has always been true and stable, with no reversion 

 to any other Columbine whatever. 



In closing these remarks, I consider it more satisfactory 

 to the general reader that plants which I had personally 

 worked with should be instanced to illustrate statements, 

 which may lead to controversy on the subject of evolution, 

 in preference to information derived from books and otlier 

 sources on that subject, and this must be my apology 

 for seeming egotism. 



