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Several seedlings with a distinct yellow color appeared. Most 
of these had some touch of reddish purple in either the standards 
or the style branches, and in some cases a flush of pink occurs on 
the otherwise yellow falls. Some of these are similar in form and 
poise to Dorothea K. Williamson and, consequently, quite unlike 
Plant No. 4 as described above. 
The flowers of a number of seedlings resembled rather closely 
Plant No. 5 as described above. These differed, however, in the 
tint of the color, some being much darker than others. Most of 
them had the general shape of Plant No. 5. 
Among all these seedlings there were several very promising 
plants, and one in particular was outstanding. It was a vigorous 
plant with a rather tall stem, bearing many flowers; the flowers 
were rather large, of good substance, and the general poise of ris 
fulva. The color, however, was a dark red; the color of the falls 
matched rather closely the Aster Purple of Ridgway. The stand- 
ards were somewhat lighter, being Liseran Purple to Magenta. 
From a distance the plant stood out prominently on account of its 
unusual red appearance. 
PRODUCTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF Irts.—Most garden varieties 
of iris have originated from the crossing of two plants differing in 
one or more characters. The new individuals grown from the 
seed, if they are worth while, are propagated by the division of 
the rhizome, and in this way the new type is rapidly increased. 
Such hybrid plants, however, do not breed true from seed and, 
when such a garden variety is self-pollinated, additional new types 
of greater or less value may be obtained from the seedlings grown. 
Vhere are many records of crosses having been made between 
distinct species of iris. The immediate plant resulting from such 
a cross is the one that is generally grown and, if it possesses valu- 
able characteristics, it is increased by the common method of vege- 
tative propagation of the rhizome. As long as the plant is repro- 
duced in this manner, it retains quite definitely all of its character- 
istics. If, however, such a hybrid plant is permitted to produce 
seed and the young seedlings are grown to maturity, many new 
types combining the various features of the original parents may 
be found among the offspring, since the segregation and recom- 
bination of characters familiar to plant breeders occurs in this 
particular generation. 
