﻿Production 
  of 
  Double 
  Flowers 
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  have 
  a 
  known 
  origin, 
  however. 
  Without 
  any 
  

   doubt 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  wild 
  

   state 
  and 
  were 
  introduced 
  into 
  culture. 
  On 
  the 
  

   other 
  hand 
  double 
  flowers 
  are 
  exceedingly 
  rare 
  

   in 
  the 
  wild 
  state, 
  and 
  even 
  a 
  slight 
  indication 
  of 
  

   a 
  tendency 
  towards 
  doubling, 
  the 
  stray 
  petaloid 
  

   stamens, 
  are 
  only 
  rarely 
  observed 
  growing 
  wild. 
  

   In 
  cultivation, 
  however, 
  double 
  flowers 
  are 
  of 
  

   frequent 
  occurrence; 
  hence 
  the 
  conclusion 
  that 
  

   they 
  have 
  been 
  produced 
  in 
  gardens 
  and 
  nur- 
  

   series 
  more 
  frequently 
  than 
  perhaps 
  any 
  other 
  

   type 
  of 
  variety. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  my 
  experimental 
  work 
  I 
  

   cherished 
  the 
  hope 
  of 
  being 
  able 
  to 
  produce 
  a 
  

   white 
  variety. 
  My 
  experiments, 
  however, 
  have 
  

   not 
  been 
  successful, 
  and 
  so 
  I 
  have 
  given 
  them 
  

   up 
  temporarily. 
  Much 
  better 
  chances 
  for 
  a 
  

   new 
  double 
  variety 
  seemed 
  to 
  exist, 
  and 
  my 
  en- 
  

   deavors 
  in 
  this 
  direction 
  have 
  finally 
  been 
  

   crowned 
  with 
  success. 
  

  

  For 
  this 
  reason 
  I 
  propose 
  to 
  deal 
  now 
  with 
  

   the 
  production 
  of 
  double 
  flowers, 
  to 
  inquire 
  

   what 
  is 
  on 
  record 
  about 
  them 
  in 
  horticultural 
  

   literature, 
  and 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  full 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  

   origin 
  thereof 
  in 
  an 
  instance 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  my 
  

   good 
  fortune 
  to 
  observe 
  in 
  my 
  garden. 
  

  

  Of 
  course 
  the 
  historical 
  part 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  hasty 
  

   survey 
  of 
  the 
  question 
  and 
  will 
  only 
  give 
  such 
  

   evidence 
  as 
  may 
  enable 
  us 
  to 
  get 
  an 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  