SECTIONS OF RAINBOW CORN 

 LEAVES 



This curious and beautiful variation 

 in the foliage of the familiar maize was 

 brought about through very careful 

 selection. The first plant which 

 appeared on my grounds, among many 

 thousand inferior ones, was increased 

 by cuttings or slips (suckers) and a 

 few weeks later others were taken from 

 these, all of which, when rooted in warm 

 soil, were planted with the original 

 selected plant. In this way a fine lot of 

 seed was secured the first season. This 

 process, of course, took time and labor, 

 but the result has repaid the effort a 

 thousandfold. 



