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HORTICULTURE 



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FORMOSA 



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i LILIUM LONGIFLORUM 



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 tions. Only a limited quantity av^ailable for the coming season 1908. De- 

 livery will be made the first part of August. The bulbs are thoroughly 

 ripened one month before the Bermuda Harrisii and are considered far 

 ^ superior in quality as they are entirely free from disease. 



^ Careful trials were made for two years and were so successful that we 



^ imported over 300 cases last season. Our cases will be marked Y. N. Co. 



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to indicate that by using two indivi- 

 duals possessing the same characteris- 

 tics, the chances to reproduce a large 

 proportion of these same characteris- 

 tics are very much enhanced. This 

 might be shown very nicely in the 

 cross of crimson upon scarlet, which 

 produced twelve crimsons and five 

 scarlets as against three of other 

 colors. In this case it is probable that 

 there was considerable crimson blood 

 in the ancestry of the female parent. 



The cross of crimson on crimson 

 need not be taken very seriously, as it 

 i.-; the result of but a very small num- 

 ber of seeds, and I am inclined to think 

 that there was considerable scarlet 

 hlood in either one or both of the 

 crimson parents. 



Of course when we make mosaic 

 crosses, such as white upon scarlet, 

 pink, crimson and other colors, we 

 must expect a breaking up of colors 

 in the progeny, and wheie we cross 

 two of the same color we must ex- 

 pect more or less breaking up of 

 colors in the progeny, especially 

 where the immediate ancestry contains 

 parents of widely varying colors. 



Referring to examples of individual 

 crosses, suppose we take cross 2313-07, 

 a scarlet upon white. It will be noted 

 that in these notes the pollen parent 

 is mentioned first, as some other hy- 

 bridizers mention the female parent 

 first. Now, the color parentage run- 

 ning back for some ten or twelve 

 years shows that on the male side 

 there were six dark pink, six yellow 

 variegated, five crimsons, three whites. 

 two scarlets, one light pink and one 

 white variegated. This pedigree is 



ii.j^e up without reference to the 

 nearness of any of the individuals of 

 any particular color being particular- 

 ly near to the seed and pollen par- 

 ents, but it simply indicates that 

 an^ong the male parentage of both 

 sides six dark pinks occur, etc., while 

 on the female side five dark pinks, 

 three ciimsons, one scarlet, four 

 whites, five white variegated and two 

 whiteflaked occur. 



Assuming that dark pink and crim- 

 son, purple aind scarlet would tend 

 to produce dark pink or scarlet — we 

 would naturally anticipate a large 

 number of dark pinks or scarlets — 

 whereas we get only one dark pink, 

 one scarlet and one white, thus indi- 

 cating that other influences than the 

 percentage of the same characteristics 

 in either or both of the ancestors may 

 determine the characteristics in the 

 hybrid. 



The results of these experiments 

 and the study thereof has led ta the 

 conclusion that neither parent exerts 

 predominant influence in determining 

 the characteristics of the progeny — but 

 that said characteristics may be de- 

 termined from either side of the par- 

 entage or may result from modified 

 characteristics of both parents as well 

 as both ancestry- 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



John Erickson has been appointed 

 gardener for Mrs. C. C. Converse and 

 Mrs. Lester Leland, Maiden, Mass. 



James Sage has succeeded Alexander 

 Adam as superintendent for Alfred G. 

 Vanderbilt at Oakland Farm, Newport, 

 R. r. 



Hariy C. Hogan is now in charge of 

 the gardening department of Sandy 

 Point Farm, Newport, R. I., the resi- 

 dence of Reginald Vanderbilt. 



David F. Roy. Maiden. Mass.. as- 

 sumes his new position in charge of 

 "The Moorings," Col. H. E. Converse's 

 estate, at Marion, Mass., on March 1. 



George Cray has been appointed su- 

 perintendent at Pine Banks Park, 

 Maiden, Mass. His previous duties 

 as foreman well qualify him for the 

 position. 



Harold Edgar has taken a position 

 with E. D. Kaulback & Son. Maiden, 

 Mass., and David Stark, who had 

 charge of the fruit department at the 

 Converse estate, has gone to the 

 Hooper estate. Manchester, Mass. 



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