. The principles of agriculture; a text-book for schools and rural societies . neetion, 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 come true, and are therebyfixing the tendency to come true, — since only the individualswhich do come true are allowed to per-petuat
. The principles of agriculture; a text-book for schools and rural societies . neetion, 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 come 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. 217a. The longest-lived seeds are thoseborne on plants which reach their normal,healthy development. Those produced invery dry 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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