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Row 16. This was sown similar to the above with seeds obtained 

 from plants of No. 234 (light red violet), confined under mosquito 

 netting. Here, again, the blooms all came true to the parent eolor 

 (234), while in other respects the plants were a true hybrid that 

 approached the garden species. 



IJow 17. This was sown with seeds (il)taine(l in an attempt to 

 cross tho wild npon the garden species. The flowers were all yel- 

 low and not of the colors that had been obtained in hybrids of pre- 

 vious years. 



lioAv 18. This was sown with seeds obtained in an attempt to 

 cross the Ijlack (Scorzonera) npon the Wild Salsify. All w^ere 

 with yellow blooms of the wild type. 



Kow 19. This was sown Avith seeds obtained in an attempt to 

 cross the wild upon the black species. No hybrids w'ere in evi- 

 dence. 



Row 20. This was sown with seeds obtained in an attempt to 

 cross the black upon the garden species. All were straight garden, 

 salsify plants. 



Several rows of hybrids of the wild and garden species were' 

 grown from seeds perfected in the open and the number of types 

 and shades were as published in tabular form for last year, pages 

 502-506. 



Salsify in the Old Plot. 



Hybrid salsify has been left to take care of itself for six years 

 upon a half plot of the Gardens. 



Upon May 25th, the number of plants with yellow (93) flowers 

 Avas 345 to 125 of all other colors. Upon the following morning,, 

 tiie yellow flowered plants counted were 444, and those of all other 

 colors 182. Of the latter only 12 were of the Garden parent, 

 namely, light violet, red violet (224), while 146 were dark red,, 

 red orange (21), of Avhich 121 were with a yellow center ("eye") 

 to the head. The twenty-four remaining plants represented four- 

 teen shades of color. 



It is seen that the area is rapidly running toward the yellovir 

 (93) color of the wild parent, while the color (224) of the culti- 

 vated species is poorly represented. The large number of the 

 shade (21) with a yellow "eye" is noted. 



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