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"Dwarf Star-Giant Crimson." The blend plants were of ram- 

 pant growth with foliage a medium between the parents and gave 

 blooms with different shades of crimson, but none were marked 

 with "stars." 



"Dwarf Star-Standard White." These were tall growing 

 plants in the blend with lighter shades of the "Star" ground color 

 in the flowers, some blooms showing stripes, others white borders, 

 but no pure white flowers. 



"Dwarf Star-Single Fringed." This was an interesting lot of 

 plants, many producing large blooms with broad stripes but none 

 having a fringe. 



"Single Fringed-Giant Crimson." These were large thrifty 

 plants with good-sized flowers, mostly of a solid color, lighter 

 than the mother parent. A few plants gave the fringed flower 

 with broad-leaved foliage, pointing to a "Crimson Fringed" 

 variety. 



Breeding Among Phlox. 



Two or three seeds were secured last year as the result of polli- 

 nating the "Red Phlox Drummondii" with the "Perennial Blue,'* 

 a low-growing variety with a profusion of early blooms. But 

 one plant resulted, which did not resemble closely either parent, 

 being of open growth and producing purplish flowers which in 

 color showed a union of the two parents. This hybrid plant was 

 carefully hand-worked, but failed to set any seed. During the 

 summer it stopped blooming and died down, but it is not certain 

 that the perennial tendency will dominate. 



A STUDY OF VARIATION IN PLANTS. 



Upon the subject of crop improvement, the variation among 

 plants of the same kind, whether that be species or variety, has 

 an important bearing. This fact has led to the consideration of 

 the range of variation that exists in two of the wayside plants 

 that, in the vicinity of the Breeding Grounds as elsewhere, are 

 perhaps all too common. The "Mayweed" or "Feted Camomile" 

 (Anthemis Cotula L.) has served to interest the writer as he 



