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7, in a seedless fruit, a small pistil is shoAvii in sectional view, 

 while at 8 in a longitudinal view two pistils of considerable size 

 are shown near the center of the column that usually bears seeds, 

 \ similar structure is shown at 9, in which the cavity is well de- 

 fined ; at 10, within a seedless fruit center is occaipied by two sec- 

 (vndary pistils, one of which is as large and well formed as a sample 

 of the "Cherry" variety. At 11 a long and gi-eatly bent form is 

 shown at the head of the core of the fruit, while some of the seeds 

 are present, thus giving the relative size of the secondary fruit. 

 Other illustrations of the monstrosities are shown at 12, 13 and 

 14 in different vieAvs and associated with the normal occupants of 

 the center of a pepper pod. 



ExPEKi]MEXTs ^vnll Or^stamental Plants. 



The front border of the home gi'oiinds is occupied with orna- 

 mental plants, and among them some breeding work has been done 

 from year to year. 



BREEDING OF PINKS AND CARNATIONS. 



At 1 in Plate XVII. is shown a spray of Dianthus Chinensis 

 var. laciniakis Reg., and is the male parent of the fonn shown at 

 2, as obtained by breeding upon the commercial variety '"Purity," 

 specimens of which are given at 3. The male is marked by its 

 long, broad and deeply fringed petals and narrow dark green leaves, 

 both of which characters are shown in the blend (2), while 

 '"Purity" has contributed its tendency to doubling. The white 

 flowers of the mother are approached in the blend Avhere the cor- 

 ollas are sometimes only slightly splashed with pink. 



At 4 is shown a combination of '"Purity" upon the common 

 "Sweet William" (DianiJius harhatus L.), the plants being dwarfs 

 thus favoring '"Purity," and like it also in blooming in early au- 

 tumn from seeds sown the same season. Both parents have broad 

 leaves and double flowers in close clusters, but the individual 

 blooms in the blend did not average more than a quarter the size 

 of "'Purity." The flowers varied from dark to light red, some- 

 times variegated, but none Avere white. 



