Raising New Varieties 



this, irrespective of colour, one would answer, 

 Mrs. Cuthbertson, Agricola, Hercules or Marks 

 Fey. One of these, say Mrs. Cuthbertson, would 

 be adopted as the female parent, and in the early 

 bud stage, some flowers would require to be 

 emasculated by removing all the anthers before 

 they had dehisced, i.e., burst and shed their 

 pollen. These flowers must be carefully marked 

 and the next day, or the following one, pollen 

 must be brought from the other parent, the 

 bright scarlet one, and applied to the stigma 

 of Mrs. Cuthbertson. How this is best done is 

 shown in the accompanying illustration. The 

 marked flowers should then follow their normal 

 process and ripen pods of seed which must be 

 carefully saved and kept in separate packets 

 till sowing time. The seeds are sown and treated 

 in the ordinary way, special strong culture not 

 being advisable for such plants. They ought 

 however to be planted where they can have room 

 to grow as distinct plants and not get intertwined 

 with any others. It is here that one of the most 

 wonderful and interesting things happens. On 

 the flowers produced on these plants no dependence 

 at all can be placed. Students of Mendel's law 

 will understand why this is, and those who have 

 not studied Mendelism ought to do so if they 



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