. The principles of agriculture, a text-book for schools and rural societies . ction, to explain fullywhy it is that some plants come true from seed, and others(as apples, strawberries, roses) do not ; but the enquirer willfind the matter expounded in Baileys Plant-Breeding, pp. THE PROPAGATION OF PLANTS 141 88-91. The reason is that in plants which are habitually propa-gated by seeds, as the garden vegetables, we are constantlydiscarding the forms which do not oome true, and are therebyfixing the tendency to come true,— since only the individualswhich do come true are allowed to per-petuate t
. The principles of agriculture, a text-book for schools and rural societies . ction, to explain fullywhy it is that some plants come true from seed, and others(as apples, strawberries, roses) do not ; but the enquirer willfind the matter expounded in Baileys Plant-Breeding, pp. THE PROPAGATION OF PLANTS 141 88-91. The reason is that in plants which are habitually propa-gated by seeds, as the garden vegetables, we are constantlydiscarding the forms which do not oome true, and are therebyfixing the tendency to come true,— since only the individualswhich do come true are allowed to per-petuate themselves. In plants which arenot habitually propagated by seeds, thisselection does not take place, and thetendency to come true is not fixed. 217rt. The longest-lived seeds are thoseborne on plants which i-each their normal,healthy development. Those produced invery di-y years are apt to have low should be stored in a dry and fairlycool room. Tables of the longevity of garden seeds may befound on pp. 104-107 of the 4th edition of Fig. 46. Seed-pot, coveredwith glass.
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