﻿Striped 
  Flowers 
  321 
  

  

  come 
  from 
  an 
  extension 
  of 
  this 
  line 
  of 
  work. 
  

   Perhaps 
  it 
  might 
  even 
  throw 
  some 
  light 
  on 
  

   the 
  intimate 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  bud-variations 
  of 
  

   ever-sporting 
  varieties 
  in 
  general. 
  Sectional 
  

   variations 
  remain 
  to 
  be 
  tested 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  degree 
  

   of 
  inheritance 
  exhibited, 
  and 
  the 
  different 
  occur- 
  

   rences 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  breadth 
  of 
  the 
  streaks 
  require 
  

   similar 
  treatment. 
  

  

  In 
  ordinary 
  horticultural 
  practice 
  it 
  is 
  desir- 
  

   able 
  to 
  give 
  some 
  guarantee 
  as 
  to 
  what 
  may 
  be 
  

   expected 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  brightly 
  

   striped 
  flowers. 
  Neither 
  the 
  pure 
  red 
  type, 
  

   nor 
  the 
  nearly 
  yellow 
  racemes 
  are 
  the 
  object 
  

   of 
  the 
  culture, 
  as 
  both 
  of 
  them 
  may 
  be 
  had 
  pure 
  

   from 
  their 
  own 
  separate 
  varieties. 
  In 
  order 
  

   to 
  insure 
  proper 
  striping, 
  both 
  extremes 
  are 
  

   usually 
  rejected 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  rooted 
  out 
  as 
  

   soon 
  as 
  the 
  flowering 
  period 
  begins. 
  Simi- 
  

   larly 
  the 
  broad-striped 
  ones 
  should 
  be 
  re- 
  

   jected, 
  as 
  they 
  give 
  a 
  too 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  uni- 
  

   form 
  red 
  flowers. 
  Clearly, 
  but 
  not 
  broadly 
  

   striped 
  individuals 
  always 
  yield 
  the 
  most 
  reli- 
  

   able 
  seed. 
  

  

  Summing 
  up 
  once 
  more 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  our 
  ped- 
  

   igree-experiment, 
  we 
  may 
  assert 
  that 
  the 
  striped 
  

   variety 
  of 
  the 
  snapdragon 
  is 
  wholly 
  permanent, 
  

   including 
  the 
  two 
  opposite 
  types 
  of 
  uniform 
  

   color 
  and 
  of 
  stripes. 
  It 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  since 
  

   it 
  first 
  originated 
  from 
  the 
  invariable 
  uniform 
  

  

  