376 NEW JERSEY STATE AGRICULTURAL 



The "Pansy-Violet" Hybrid. 



Last season a cross was secured between a dark-colored Pansy 

 (i, Plate XXVL), and the yellow "Violet" (4). The latter has 

 been growing at the Gardens for several years without care, and 

 looks very much like a miniature pansy, having a finer, more 

 narrow-leaved^ foliage and small yellow flowers, blooming early 

 in the spring. 



The blend plants, shown at 2, grown at the greenhouse 

 from the seed started in the fall of 1906, began blooming in 

 March, the flowers having the color of the "violet" but being 

 much larger. 



Two of these plants, transferred to the open, bloomed through- 

 out the season until late autumn. 



Plants of the first generation from seed sown in July began 

 blooming in September, showing a variation in foliage and shape 

 of flower, but the yellow color still dominated. Two plants pro- 

 duced blooms with purple blotches upon the two large petals and 

 have been marked with the hope of fixing the type. A very 

 hardy, free-blooming pansy is promised by this union, as shown 

 at 3, in the plate. 



Field Daisy-Pyrethrum Hybrid. 



In 1905, "Suspect" seeds were obtained as a result of breeding 

 together the Pyrethrum and common Daisy, plants from which 

 did not bloom last year, but resembled closely the mother parent. 

 At the blooming period this season the flowers were found to 

 vary in color from the dark red or crimson of the pyrethrum to 

 the white of the daisy. In size some approached the large field 

 daisy, others being smaller with narrower petals, while others 

 bore drooping petals. Seed from the various types has been 

 Saved for a study of the first generation plants. 



Petunia Crosses. 



Several crosses were secured as the result of last year's work, 

 as follows : 



