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parental connection, but a fresh sowing giving similar results they 

 were compelled to accept it, together with the fact that this immense 

 advance had occurred in two generations from the normal. The 



A.f.f. plumosum 

 elegans (reared 

 from wild find). 



Fig. 10. 

 Normal at top. 

 A.f.f, plumosum Druery, 



N. B. — Pinna; only throughout. 



Axminster plumosum 



(found wild). 

 A.f.f. superbum. 



plants so obtained varied, but all were extremely beautiful, and one 

 named Baldwinii excelled by having its ultimate divisions almost as 

 fine as hairs. This section still exists, and is embraced in the varietal 

 list given elsewhere. Fig. 9 shows the pedigree of this section very 



