﻿Striped 
  Flowers 
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  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  seeds, 
  obviously 
  affords 
  the 
  

   best 
  opportunities. 
  As 
  such, 
  I 
  have 
  chosen 
  the 
  

   common 
  snapdragon 
  of 
  the 
  gardens, 
  Antirrhi- 
  

   num 
  ma 
  jus. 
  It 
  has 
  many 
  striped 
  varieties, 
  

   some 
  tall, 
  others 
  of 
  middle 
  height, 
  or 
  of 
  dwarfed 
  

   stature. 
  In 
  some 
  the 
  ground-color 
  of 
  the 
  flow- 
  

   ers 
  is 
  yellow, 
  in 
  others 
  it 
  is 
  white, 
  the 
  yellow 
  

   disappearing, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  

   mark 
  in 
  the 
  throat. 
  On 
  these 
  ground-colors 
  the 
  

   red 
  pigment 
  is 
  seen 
  lying 
  in 
  streaks 
  of 
  pure 
  car- 
  

   mine, 
  with 
  white 
  intervals 
  where 
  the 
  yellow 
  

   fails, 
  but 
  combined 
  with 
  yellow 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  fiery 
  

   red, 
  and 
  with 
  yellow 
  intervals 
  when 
  that 
  color 
  

   is 
  present. 
  This 
  yellow 
  color 
  is 
  quite 
  constant 
  

   and 
  does 
  not 
  vary 
  in 
  any 
  marked 
  degree, 
  not- 
  

   withstanding 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  make 
  

   narrower 
  and 
  broader 
  stripes, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  corolla 
  left 
  free 
  by 
  the 
  red 
  pig- 
  

   ment. 
  But 
  it 
  is 
  easily 
  seen 
  that 
  this 
  appearance 
  

   is 
  only 
  a 
  fallacious 
  one. 
  

  

  The 
  variety 
  of 
  snapdragon 
  chosen 
  was 
  of 
  me- 
  

   dium 
  height 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  yellow 
  ground-color, 
  

   and 
  is 
  known 
  by 
  horticulturists 
  as 
  A. 
  ma 
  jus 
  

   luteum 
  rubro-striatum. 
  As 
  the 
  yellow 
  tinge 
  

   showed 
  itself 
  to 
  be 
  invariable, 
  I 
  may 
  limit 
  my 
  

   description 
  to 
  the 
  red 
  stripes. 
  

  

  Some 
  flowers 
  of 
  this 
  race 
  are 
  striped, 
  others 
  

   are 
  not. 
  On 
  a 
  hasty 
  survey 
  there 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  

   three 
  types, 
  pure 
  yellow, 
  pure 
  red, 
  and 
  stripes 
  

  

  