﻿Striped 
  Flowers 
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  stances, 
  where 
  secondary 
  sexual 
  marks, 
  which 
  

   are 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  only 
  evolved 
  by 
  one 
  sex, 
  are 
  trans- 
  

   ferred 
  to 
  the 
  offspring 
  through 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  Stripes 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  limited 
  to 
  flowers. 
  

   They 
  may 
  affect 
  the 
  whole 
  foliage, 
  or 
  the 
  fruits 
  

   and 
  the 
  seeds, 
  and 
  even 
  the 
  roots. 
  But 
  all 
  such 
  

   cases 
  occur 
  much 
  more 
  rarely 
  than 
  the 
  striped 
  

   flowers. 
  An 
  interesting 
  instance 
  of 
  striped 
  

   roots 
  is 
  afforded 
  by 
  radishes. 
  White 
  and 
  red 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  different 
  shapes 
  are 
  cultivated. 
  

   Besides 
  them 
  sometimes 
  a 
  curious 
  motley 
  sort 
  

   may 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  markets, 
  which 
  is 
  white 
  with 
  

   red 
  spots, 
  which 
  are 
  few 
  and 
  narrow 
  in 
  some 
  

   samples, 
  and 
  more 
  numerous 
  and 
  broader 
  in 
  

   others. 
  But 
  what 
  is 
  very 
  peculiar 
  and 
  striking 
  

   is 
  the 
  circumstance, 
  that 
  these 
  stripes 
  do 
  not 
  

   extend 
  in 
  a 
  longitudinal, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  transverse 
  

   direction. 
  Obviously 
  this 
  must 
  be 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  

   the 
  very 
  notable 
  growth 
  in 
  thickness. 
  Assum- 
  

   ing 
  that 
  the 
  colored 
  regions 
  were 
  small 
  in 
  

   the 
  beginning, 
  they 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  drawn 
  out 
  

   during 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  thickening 
  of 
  the 
  root, 
  and 
  

   changed 
  into 
  transverse 
  lines. 
  Earely 
  a 
  streak 
  

   may 
  have 
  had 
  its 
  greatest 
  extension 
  in 
  a 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  direction 
  from 
  the 
  beginning, 
  in 
  which 
  

   case 
  it 
  would 
  only 
  be 
  broadened 
  and 
  not 
  defi- 
  

   nitely 
  changed 
  in 
  its 
  direction. 
  

  

  This 
  variety 
  being 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  one, 
  and 
  more 
  

   agreeable 
  to 
  the 
  eye 
  than 
  the 
  uniform 
  colors, 
  is 
  

  

  