die all pieces are re Ahead 
like Mme Durrand, rather than true yellows. Mr. J. Marion Shull 
has worked with trojana and variegata, but has not yet succeeded in 
combining the habit of one and the color of the other. Miss Stur- 
_tevant has introduced two yellows, veined with red, of cypriana 
blood. The color is brilliant, the venation sparce, the flower fairly 
large and of a modified variegata form, the height and branching 
distinctive. In the second generation, these produced (some 20 per- | 
haps) all veined yellow essentially like the parents. Unfortunately, 
none of these set seed easily, but a third generation is on the way 
and theoretically at least we look for further development toward a 
new type of yellow. 
In all this hybridization work few factors have prooved invariably 
dominant, but we can say that two lavenders or two yellows (not 
_ yellow selfs) bring forth their like, but an amena, or a squalens, or 
a plicata, may give almost anything. In one instance, in a number 
_ of cases of crossing Anne Leslie by itself (an amena) the progeny 
showed the following variations in the first generation : solid and vel- 
vety amæna, selfed and veined lavenders, veined and velvety varie- 
gata, velvety blends and even a pure white. 
I know of only one example of two whites producing a batch ofall 
white seedlings, ordinarily the result is either colored or veined. 
The same is true of yellow selfs. By progress breeding, Miss Stur- 
Levant has succeeded in this to a certain extent with yellow, white, 
and pale pink in both selfs and plicata, and unless I am mistaken, Mr 
Bliss has accomplished similar results with plicata and the Dominion 
race. I| think this line of progress breeding a necessity if we are to 
develop new colors and colors distributed in a novel way. 
Before leaving this subject of color distribution, I wish to consider 
briefly the statuts of blends or shot shades. A large proportion of 
the recent introductions are in this class and not only may the colors 
show a preponderance of pink or yellow or blue, but they may be 
self-toned or bicolor veined or solid, or in some cases one color 
seems to be actually laid upon another. Whatever the classification 
adopted, their proper grouping will prove extremely difficult. Who 
shall say whether blue or yellow predominates in varieties like 
Mady Carrière, or Afterglow, so evenly balanced are the two tones? — 
They are practically blended selfs. Or take Alcazar, with its rich 
coloring, it is a solid bicolor, but I should hesitate to specify any par- 
ticular color as dominant. 
One other point as to distribution I find of interest i in that it sug- | 
gests the development of varieties with the upper petals darker than — 
ing to gel throweta an oo of 
cypriana or trojanablood. M. Denis reports that cypriana and varie- À 
gata usually produces sterile plants, and he has reported blends — 
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