﻿Striped 
  Flowers 
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  results 
  of 
  great 
  scientific 
  value. 
  Any 
  one 
  who 
  

   has 
  a 
  garden, 
  and 
  sufficient 
  perseverance 
  to 
  

   make 
  pure 
  cultures 
  during 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  years 
  

   might 
  make 
  important 
  contributions 
  to 
  scien- 
  

   tific 
  knowledge 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  

  

  Choice 
  might 
  be 
  made 
  from 
  among 
  a 
  wide 
  

   range 
  of 
  different 
  types. 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  corn 
  

   called 
  " 
  Harlequin 
  ' 
  shows 
  stripes 
  on 
  its 
  ker- 
  

   nels, 
  and 
  one 
  ear 
  may 
  offer 
  nearly 
  white 
  and 
  

   nearly 
  red 
  seeds 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  possible 
  interme- 
  

   diate 
  steps 
  between 
  them. 
  From 
  these 
  seeds 
  

   the 
  next 
  generation 
  will 
  repeat 
  the 
  motley 
  ears, 
  

   but 
  some 
  specimens 
  will 
  produce 
  ears 
  of 
  uniform 
  

   kernels 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  purple, 
  showing 
  thus 
  the 
  or- 
  

   dinary 
  way 
  of 
  reversion. 
  Some 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   beans 
  have 
  spotted 
  seeds, 
  and 
  among 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  

   them 
  one 
  may 
  be 
  sure 
  to 
  find 
  some 
  purely 
  red 
  

   ones. 
  It 
  remains 
  to 
  be 
  investigated 
  what 
  will 
  

   be 
  their 
  offspring, 
  and 
  whether 
  they 
  are 
  due 
  to 
  

   partial 
  or 
  to 
  individual 
  variation. 
  

  

  The 
  cockscomb 
  (Celosia 
  cristata) 
  has 
  varie- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  nearly 
  all 
  colors 
  from 
  white 
  and 
  yellow 
  

   to 
  red 
  and 
  orange, 
  and 
  besides 
  them 
  some 
  

   striped 
  varieties 
  occur 
  in 
  our 
  gardens, 
  with 
  the 
  

   stripes 
  going 
  from 
  the 
  lower 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  

   up 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  comb. 
  They 
  are 
  

   on 
  sale 
  as 
  constant 
  varieties, 
  but 
  nothing 
  has 
  

   as 
  yet 
  been 
  recorded 
  concerning 
  their 
  peculiar 
  

   behavior 
  in 
  the 
  inheritance 
  of 
  the 
  stripes. 
  

  

  