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remember, was developed by the union of 

 three different species of flowers, coming 

 respectively from Europe, America, and 

 Japan. 



It will be further recalled, that the ideal daisy 

 that I had in mind for years before it became an 

 actuality, showed in superlative degree a consid- 

 erable variety of qualities that were not found in 

 combination in any one of its ancestors. Indeed, 

 the Shasta daisy, as ultimately developed, reveals 

 a number of very conspicuous and important 

 qualities that are not shown at all in any one of 

 its known progenitors. 



To make the illustration specific, we may cite, 

 among the qualities that are assembled in the 

 finished product, the following : (1) extreme size, 

 (2) dazzling whiteness, (3) broad rays, (4) 

 double rays, (5) gracefully drooping rays, (6) 

 keeping quality of flower, (7) smooth stem, (8) 

 early and persistent blooming, (9) hardiness, 

 (10) constant bearing. 



The perfected Shasta daisy manifests these 

 qualities in supreme degree. As regards each 

 and every one of them, it surpasses any of the 

 parental forms from which it sprang; indeed, as 

 to some of them, such as double and drooping and 

 fluted rays, it shows an entire departure from all 

 of its observed ancestors. 



