318 LUTHER BURBANK 



COLORED DAISIES 



It will be recalled that final hybridization 

 through which the Shasta daisy was produced 

 was made chiefly with an eye to the removal of 

 the last tinge of duskiness and a greenish yellow 

 shade that is more or less present in all white 

 flowers, leaving a flower of snowy whiteness. 



It will be understood, also, that this quality of 

 whiteness characterizes all the new races of 

 Shastas except one that has been bred for 

 yellowness. The number of florets and their 

 arrangement and form and size have been modi- 

 fied indefinitely, but these modifications do not 

 in any way affect the color, except in case of one 

 that showed a tendency toward yellow, and from 

 this numerous yellow varieties, single and double, 

 were developed. This color, however, fades ir 

 sunlight, and blanches in a few days. Aside froir 

 this, all Shasta daisies are characterized by then 

 snowy whiteness. The improved varieties rival 

 the variously modified chrysanthemums in size 

 and form and in flexibility of florets; but they 

 do not imitate the chrysanthemums as to variety 

 of color. 



Possibly some varieties of Shasta may be 

 modified in other directions as to color. One 

 already shows pink on the outside of the ray 



