. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. 526 EVOLUTION 470, in which case beans are assorted according to size. Of course where size is the variation considered, the space occupied by each class of individuals will vary more than the number of individuals in each class, for the smaller individuals occupy less. Fig. 469. — Quetelet's law of continuous or fluctuating variability, demon- strated by arranging 82 ears of Corn in piles according to size. The ears were taken from unselected material from a field of Corn. The length and number of ears in each pile are given in figures below. Notic
. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. 526 EVOLUTION 470, in which case beans are assorted according to size. Of course where size is the variation considered, the space occupied by each class of individuals will vary more than the number of individuals in each class, for the smaller individuals occupy less. Fig. 469. — Quetelet's law of continuous or fluctuating variability, demon- strated by arranging 82 ears of Corn in piles according to size. The ears were taken from unselected material from a field of Corn. The length and number of ears in each pile are given in figures below. Notice that the piles decrease each way from the pile (highest pile) containing the ears of average length, decreasing accordingly as the length of ears in each pile is greater or less than the average length. After Blakeslee. /^/^(^/^/^ /-\ (^ ^ g. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Martin, John N. (John Nathan), b. 1875. New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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