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order to have tlie crop ri}jen as early as practicable. 

 There are many things that will exert a marked in- 

 fluence uii the growth and friictilicatic'n of wheat, which 

 shonld not be overlooked when c-ne is- conducting an ex- 

 periment to detennine any p.jint touching the climatol- 

 ogy of wheat, or of any jtlier plant, 

 "j. S. Lippincott. Hadd^.nildd. J., writes c-n this 

 subject : 



•'• TThen importing seed wheat and any other seed of 

 new or superior varieties of plants, attention should 

 always be directed to the po'jiiliarities of the soil and 

 climate imder which they 'M-i^iiiated. and tho.-e under 

 which it is proposed to grow them. English varieties 

 of spring wheat that are sown in Febrnarv or early in 

 March, have the benefit of early spring grrjVv-th. and 

 of a milder and m.:-ister summer than a spring-srjwn 

 wheat can have in the e-~tern Thii:e<i States. Tht hiil- 

 iu*e that has attended rcceii: att^nijjts to intrL-hu'je 

 English varieties of wheat is no new thing, such hav- 

 insT been the almost universal result for manv vears 

 past. 



•'If it be true that each variety of grain is adapted 

 to a specific climate in which it grov-s perfectly, and 

 where it does not degenerate when supplied with pro- 

 per and sufiicient notmshment. may not the considera- 

 tion of the origin (jf each variety we pr^jpose t'j sow be 

 of more imp'jrtance than has yet been acccu'ded to it in 

 the selection of minor varieties, the product of oim own 

 country i The varieties of wheat that have originated 

 apparently by accident tfor there are no accidents in 

 nattu'ei. or from peculiar culture, do not enj 'jy all the 

 surrc'im dings necessary fjr perfect contintious prc'duct. 

 CaiLses yet imexplained are ever at work rnociifying the 



