Directions: In the following question, some statements have been provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.

A. Some naturalists have maintained that all variations are connected with the act of sexual reproduction; but this is certainly an error; that is, of plants which have suddenly produced a single bud with a new and sometimes widely different character from that of the other buds on the same plant.B. As buds on distinct trees, growing under different conditions, have sometimes yielded nearly the same variety, we clearly see that the nature of the conditions is of subordinate importance in comparison with the nature of the organism in determining each particular form of variation. C. They occur rarely under nature, but are far from rare under culture. D. As a single bud out of many thousands produced year after year on the same tree under uniform conditions, has been known suddenly to assume a new character. E. These bud variations, as they may be named, can be propagated by grafts, offsets, etc. and sometimes by seed.