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true one ; a great achievement of art or a most extravagant freak 

 of nature. When did the first properly- edged flowers appear ? 



Fig. 3.— PIEDMONT PRIMROSE, Primula pedemontana (Flowers rosy purple). 



That question is now forced upon us, and is full of significance, 

 even if judged by this first record of a green flower with a purple 



