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that he knows all about these matters? We are only begin- 

 ning to understand something about fruit culture. We cer- 

 tainly should encourage investigation of this kind. Conviction, 

 in matters like this, does not come through arguments, but 

 bv cvjuviiiicnf. My friend is willing to submit his discoveries 

 to proper experimenting. 



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COLOR VARIATIONS OF FLOWERS 



By R. V. Bradshaw 



N the American Botanist for August 1919, Prof. J. C. Nel- 

 son gave a list of Oregon flowers which vary in color. I 



should like to add the following to the list 



FivOWERS OF Different Coeors 



Alisiiia Plantago-aqiiatica, white or pink. 



Iris tciia.v, from the usual purple shades to white. 



Calypso bnlbosa, pink to white. 



Eschschohia californica, yellow with orange center to 

 white. 



Vicia gigantea, ochroleucous to pink. 



Lomatiuin niacrocarpniii, white to nearly yellow. 



Prunella vulgaris, besides the colors mentioned I have 

 seen a common pink form. 



Synthyris yotnndifolia, blue, pink, or white. 



Erigcron salsnginosus, pink to blue. 



Hrigeron decunihcns, white to pink or blue. 



Achillea Millefolium, white to pink. 



Parti-Coeored Feowers 



Fritillaria pudica, yellow and orange. 

 Briogonum umbellatuni, yellow or yellow tinged with red. 

 Ranunculus orthorhynchus, yellow on the inside of the 

 petal and brown on the outside. 



