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In subsequent studies we shall see that there 

 are methods of stimulating the production of 

 new colors and color combinations through hy- 

 bridization. But in this introductory chapter I 

 am dealing chiefly with the simpler cases, and 

 suggesting experiments that the amateur may 

 undertake at the outset. 



The more complex cases will command his at- 

 tention in due course. 



Meantime it should be stimulative to reflect 

 that, by mere selection, demanding no knowl- 

 edge of botany, no expert knowledge of horti- 

 culture, but only the possession of reasonably 

 acute vision and the exhibition of patience and 

 persistence, it is possible to develop in the most 

 commonplace flower garden blossoms whose 

 color is at once unique and of enhanced beauty. 



Nor need attention be restricted to mere mat- 

 ters of fragrance and color. 



I have already suggested that it is usually 

 well to consider more than a single quality. 

 Cases like that of the Heuchera leaf, in which for 

 a special purpose a single quality alone is con- 

 sidered, are exceptional. As a rule, you may 

 advantageously bear in mind, at the same time 

 that you are developing a new fragrance, the 

 question also of color of flower and size and 

 form. 



