LET US NOW PRODUCE SOME 

 NEW COLORS IN FLOWERS 



DEVELOPING DESIRED CHARACTERS 

 IN HEREDITY 



AN architect, in selecting the materials for his 



A% structure, sends for limestone to Bedford, 



Indiana, or for marble to Carrara, Italy, 



or for bricks to Haverstraw, N. Y., or for rustic 



redwood to California. 



In the process ol -turning his blue print into a 

 building, he draws on the whole world a little 

 here and a little there for his supplies. 



So, in the production of a new plant in which 

 w r e hope to produce some definite useful results, 

 we must first seek out the materials with which to 

 build. 



Only our search will be, not for substance, but 

 a search for stored-up heredities not a search 

 for bricks or stone or lumber, but a search for 

 living traits. 



The sturdy dandelions in our vacant lots, with 

 their parachutelike seed balls, reveal a structural 



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