Editor: Articles in Gardening Magazine often spur sales of the plants they describe, particularly among people new to gardening. Accordingly, we will no longer publish articles or accept advertisements praising the beauty of rare wildflowers. Most such plants sold to gardeners have been difficult to propagate under cultivation, so plant sellers often collect them in the wild. Our new policy is part of our efforts to halt this yearly plundering of our native plant populations.
Which of the following, if true, casts the most doubt on the wisdom of the magazine's new policy as a way of pursuing the intended effect?
Editor: Articles in Gardening Magazine often spur salesof the plants they describe, particularly among people new to gardening. Accordingly, we will no longer publisharticles or accept advertisements praising the beauty of rare wildflowers. Most such plants sold to gardeners have beendifficult to propagate under cultivation, so plant sellers often collect themin the wild. Our new policy is part ofour efforts to halt this yearly plundering of our native plant populations. Whichof the following, if true, casts the most doubt on the wisdom of the magazine'snew policy as a way of pursuing the intended effect? A.When people new to gardening buy plants, they often fail to take adequate careof the plants that they buy and become discouraged from buying those varieties again. B.Plant sellers who sell rare wildflowers have no reasonably inexpensivealternative way to offer their wares directly to new gardeners. C.The demand for rare wildflowers rarely exceeds the number of such plants thatcan be collected in the wild by plant sellers. D.The propagation of rare wildflowers often depends on the plants' interactionwith other organisms in their environment, such as plants that create suitablesoil conditions or insects and birds that disperse seeds. E.Revenues from sales of plants collected in the wild are supporting thediscovery of new low-cost techniques enabling rare wild flowers to be readily propagated in nurseries.