﻿Striped 
  Flowers 
  323 
  

  

  by 
  the 
  writers 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  century. 
  Tulips, 
  hy- 
  

   acinths, 
  Cyclamen, 
  Azalea, 
  Camellia, 
  and 
  even 
  

   such 
  types 
  of 
  garden-plants 
  as 
  the 
  meadow 
  

   crane's-bill 
  (Geranium 
  pratense) 
  have 
  striped 
  

   varieties. 
  It 
  is 
  always 
  the 
  red 
  or 
  blue 
  color 
  

   which 
  occurs 
  in 
  stripes, 
  the 
  underlying 
  ground 
  

   being 
  white 
  or 
  yellow, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  presence 
  

   or 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  yellow 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  color- 
  

   mixture. 
  

  

  All 
  these 
  varieties 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  perma- 
  

   nent, 
  coming 
  true 
  during 
  long 
  series 
  of 
  

   successive 
  generations. 
  But 
  very 
  little 
  is 
  known 
  

   concerning 
  the 
  more 
  minute 
  details 
  of 
  their 
  he- 
  

   reditary 
  qualities. 
  They 
  come 
  from 
  seed, 
  when 
  

   this 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  striped 
  individuals, 
  and 
  

   thence 
  revert 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  to 
  the 
  corre- 
  

   sponding 
  monochromatic 
  type. 
  But 
  whether 
  

   they 
  would 
  do 
  so 
  when 
  self-fertilized, 
  and 
  

   whether 
  the 
  reversionary 
  individuals 
  are 
  al- 
  

   ways 
  bound 
  to 
  return 
  towards 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  

   group 
  or 
  towards 
  the 
  opposite 
  limit, 
  remains 
  to 
  

   be 
  investigated. 
  Presumably 
  there 
  is 
  nowhere 
  

   a 
  real 
  transgression 
  of 
  the 
  limits, 
  and 
  never 
  or 
  

   only 
  very 
  rarely 
  and 
  at 
  long 
  intervals 
  of 
  time 
  a 
  

   true 
  production 
  of 
  another 
  race 
  with 
  other 
  he- 
  

   reditary 
  qualities. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  satisfy 
  myself 
  on 
  these 
  points, 
  I 
  

   made 
  some 
  pedigree-cultures 
  with 
  the 
  striped 
  

   forms 
  of 
  dame's 
  violet 
  (Hesperis 
  matronalis) 
  

  

  