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the "Dwarf White'' is desirable, but the ''Standard White" excels 

 iu its i)rofusion of white flowers, borne ten feet from the ground 

 and lasting for a long time. Pods white. 



Hibiscus (Golden Bowl). — Plants from four to five feet tall, 

 bearing large, showy flowers resembling the okra. "Suspects" 

 have been obtained between it and the okra. 



Ip&moea (Morning Glories). — At the "Camp" about twenty 

 varieties were grown. They made a large and rapid growth of 

 from ten to fifteen feet and their profusion of rich bloom was 

 arrested only by frost. Porty-one crosses were obtained among 

 them (including reciprocals and some duplicates). One plant 

 showed a decided tendency to form what are known as "double 

 flowers." 



The normal plants from the same packet of seed had nearly 

 white flowers that were under the average size for the species and 

 the bell-shaped corolla did not flare, and therefore is somewhat 

 near the tubular type of blossoin. In addition to this, there were 

 five long red splashes equidistant upon the corolla, one upon the 

 upj>er iX)rtion of the midrib of each petaloid leaf composing the 

 corolla. These color marks are of interest in the study of the 

 doaibled blossom. In the calyx the chief change from the normal 

 in the flowers in question was tke abbreviated lobes which were 

 half the usual length. The many parts to the corolla caused the 

 buds to be very plump and the petals show^ed tlieir crumpled edges 

 for some days before the full bloom appeared. 



Upon looking down into the flower the style and fine stamens 

 were seen to be normal in all visible respects. The five innermost 

 parts of the corolla were broader than any other, long, spatulate 

 and l)lotched with red near the geographical middle of the broad- 

 ened upper end and arranged equidistant like the points of a star. 

 These, it seems probable, were the parts that correspond to the 

 middle of each of the five equal parts making up the ordinary 

 corolla. 



The blotched petals may be easily separated from the others by 

 a downward pull, but, along with each, a cluster of adhering fine 

 petaloid white parts is removed. The stamens alternated with the 

 blotched petals as they do with the lobes of the normal corolla. 



It is evident that the fine, fluffy, chrysanthemum-like appear- 

 ance of the doubled mcrning glory was caused by a. supplemental 



