﻿Striped 
  Flowers 
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  it 
  is 
  always 
  the 
  same, 
  or 
  nearly 
  the 
  same, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  an 
  inherent 
  quality 
  of 
  

   the 
  race. 
  If 
  left 
  to 
  themselves, 
  the 
  single 
  indi- 
  

   viduals 
  always 
  produce 
  singles 
  and 
  doubles 
  in 
  

   the 
  same 
  quantity 
  ; 
  if 
  cultivated 
  after 
  some 
  spe- 
  

   cial 
  method, 
  the 
  proportion 
  may 
  be 
  slightly 
  

   changed, 
  bringing 
  the 
  proportion 
  of 
  doubles 
  

   up 
  to 
  60^ 
  or 
  even 
  more. 
  

  

  Ordinarily 
  the 
  single 
  and 
  double 
  members 
  of 
  

   such 
  a 
  race 
  are 
  quite 
  equal 
  in 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  

   their 
  attributes, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  their 
  

   flowers. 
  But 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  always 
  the 
  case. 
  The 
  

   colors 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  race 
  may 
  repeat 
  for 
  themselves 
  

   the 
  peculiarities 
  of 
  the 
  ever-sporting 
  characters. 
  

   It 
  often 
  happens 
  that 
  one 
  color 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   strictly 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  doubles, 
  and 
  another 
  to 
  

   the 
  singles. 
  This 
  sometimes 
  makes 
  it 
  difficult 
  

   to 
  keep 
  the 
  various 
  colors 
  true. 
  There 
  are 
  cer- 
  

   tain 
  sorts, 
  which 
  invariably 
  exhibit 
  a 
  difference 
  

   in 
  color 
  between 
  the 
  single 
  and 
  the 
  double 
  flow- 
  

   ers. 
  The 
  sulphur-yellow 
  varieties 
  may 
  be 
  ad- 
  

   duced 
  as 
  illustrative 
  examples, 
  because 
  in 
  them 
  

   the 
  single 
  flowers 
  always 
  come 
  white. 
  Hence 
  in 
  

   saving 
  seed, 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  so 
  to 
  select 
  the 
  

   plant, 
  that 
  an 
  occasional 
  white 
  does 
  not 
  also 
  

   appear 
  among 
  the 
  double 
  flowers, 
  agreeing 
  in 
  

   this 
  deviation 
  with 
  the 
  general 
  rule 
  of 
  the 
  ever- 
  

   sporting 
  varieties. 
  

  

  I 
  commend 
  all 
  the 
  above 
  instances 
  to 
  those 
  

  

  