﻿Striped 
  Flowers 
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  Nevertheless, 
  they 
  are 
  only 
  reproduced 
  by 
  seed 
  

   from 
  single 
  flowers, 
  being 
  an 
  annual 
  or 
  bien- 
  

   nial 
  species. 
  

  

  Stocks 
  are 
  a 
  large 
  family, 
  and 
  include 
  a 
  won- 
  

   derful 
  variety 
  of 
  colors, 
  ranging 
  from 
  white 
  

   and 
  yellow 
  to 
  purple 
  and 
  red, 
  and 
  with 
  some 
  

   variations 
  toward 
  blue. 
  They 
  exhibit 
  also 
  di- 
  

   versity 
  in 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  growth. 
  Some 
  are 
  an- 
  

   nuals, 
  including 
  the 
  ten-week 
  and 
  pyramidal 
  

   forms 
  ; 
  others 
  are 
  intermediates 
  and 
  are 
  suitable 
  

   for 
  pot-culture; 
  and 
  the 
  biennial 
  sorts 
  include 
  

   the 
  well-known 
  " 
  Brompton 
  " 
  and 
  "Queen 
  " 
  

   varieties. 
  Some 
  are 
  large 
  and 
  others 
  are 
  small 
  

   or 
  dwarf. 
  For 
  their 
  brightness, 
  durability 
  and 
  

   fragrance, 
  they 
  are 
  deservedly 
  popular. 
  There 
  

   are 
  even 
  some 
  striped 
  varieties. 
  Horticultur- 
  

   ists 
  and 
  amateurs 
  generally 
  know 
  that 
  seed 
  can 
  

   be 
  obtained 
  from 
  single 
  stocks 
  only, 
  and 
  that 
  

   the 
  double 
  flowers 
  never 
  produce 
  any. 
  It 
  is 
  

   not 
  difficult 
  to 
  choose 
  single 
  plants 
  that 
  will 
  

   produce 
  a 
  large 
  percentage 
  of 
  double 
  blossoms 
  

   in 
  the 
  following 
  generation. 
  But 
  only 
  a 
  per- 
  

   centage, 
  for 
  the 
  experiments 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  skilled 
  

   growers 
  have 
  never 
  enabled 
  them 
  to 
  save 
  seed, 
  

   which 
  would 
  result 
  entirely 
  in 
  double 
  flower- 
  

   ing 
  plants. 
  Each 
  generation 
  in 
  its 
  turn 
  is 
  a 
  

   motley 
  assembly 
  of 
  singles 
  and 
  doubles. 
  

  

  Before 
  looking 
  closer 
  into 
  the 
  hereditary 
  pe- 
  

   culiarities 
  of 
  this 
  old 
  and 
  interesting 
  ever-sport- 
  

  

  