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STATE BOAED OF HORTICULTURE. 



of life, co-equal and co-splendent with the human soul, the 

 analysis of being. 



It is a necessity with nature that every precaution of pro- 

 tection should surround this seed in its growth, to guard it 

 against destruction, and to complete its perfect development. 



The law of man's self-existence is, that when the seed becomes 

 his food whereby he lives, every effort of nature must be 

 seconded to make a perfect seed protection. When the seed is 



Tahiti Seedling— Primal type. (Reduced.) 



not his food then we must change, or entirely eliminate, one or 

 more of these natural guards, and allow other qualities to 

 displace these protective qualities. 



If wild areas were occupied by a species where the varieties 

 could not mix by pollination, those varieties that developed 

 vital seeds would thrive by perpetuating a race only slightly 

 at variance with the primal type. 



If the area was occupied with mixed varieties, those having 



