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least a trace of yellow; for a really pure white is 

 extremely rare in nature. 



Select the seed of this plant; sow it next sea- 

 son ; and repeat the process of searching. 



You will almost certainly be rewarded, if not 

 in the first season, then in the second or third or 

 fourth, by finding flowers that show very much 

 more marked traces of yellow than the original 

 flower. And even if the variation is not very 

 striking at first, you will probably find that it 

 tends to be accentuated after a few generations, 

 especially in certain individuals. Each year you 

 will discover flowers that are yellower than any 

 of the preceding season; and presently you will 

 have a blossom that is as yellow as you could 

 desire, and a new race of plants that will breed 

 true from seed. Placed side by side with the 

 white flowers that were their ancestors, your 

 new race will present a striking contrast. 



The fact that you have thus been instrumen- 

 tal in virtually creating a new type of flower can 

 scarcely fail to give you real satisfaction and 

 pleasure. 



The fact that you have a flower such as per- 

 haps no one else in the world possesses, and that 

 this has been produced by intelligent and per- 

 sistent effort, must be a source of quite justi- 

 fiable self-gratulation. 



