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son and gave very thrifty plants reaching a height of four feet 

 and in general habit resembling more closely the male parent. 

 The flowers, similar in form to Nicotiana data, had a shorter 

 tube, the petals being white above and pink beneath. The hybrid 

 bloomed at evening, emitting a fragrance more delicate than that 

 of Nicotiana alata. Nicotiana" Sandrac," of the seed catalogues, 

 has no odor and remains open through the day. The hybrid was 

 not injured by killing frost, being still in bloom on November 2nd. 



THE PANSY-VIOLET HYBRID. 



A blend plant of this cross began blooming in the greenhouse 

 during the spring of 1907, having a yellow flower which in size 

 and form resembled the pansy. It bloomed constantly through 

 the summer and late fall, started flowering again early in the 

 spring of 1908 and at the time of this record (November 2nd), 

 fully two years from the time the plant was started, is still bloom- 

 ing. Young plants from self-sown seed are springing up around 

 the mother, giving first generation plants for next year's flower- 

 ing. 



A set of plants, representing the second generation and grown 

 from seed of a yellow flower, is in bloom having petals edged 

 with blue, others with petals almost entirely of that color, thus 

 giving indication of the pansy in color as well as in size. 



PETUNIA CROSSES. 



"Dwarf Star-Giant Crimson." The male parent is a small- 

 leaved bush plant with the well-known star flower, while "Giant 

 Crimson" is a large-leaved, stocky plant with great single flowers 

 inclined to be fringed. Plants of the first generation are dwar- 

 fish, some with fine, others with broad leaves, while the flowers 

 vary from small to large, star-formed to deep crimson. A dark 

 stem and leaf is associated with the dark bloom. A giant-flow- 

 ered, fringed star type is in mind. 



"White Fringed-Baby Blue." The blend plant of this cross 

 was a profuse bloomer, giving a medium-sized single flower with 

 an attractive magenta shade with a nearly white throat. The 

 plant taken from the greenhouse continued throughout the sea- 

 son a mass of bloom. 



"Baby Blue-Snowstorm." This cross gave a very attractive, 

 eight-fringed flower with a delicate, shell-pink shade. 



