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able, he will surely be very successful; I do not 

 fear any immediate competition." 



It was stated that the flowers of the new 

 hybrid are handsome, white, pink, carmine, or 

 striped, and are borne in bounteous profusion, 

 but that no seed is ever produced, although the 

 plants are very readily multiplied by cuttings. 



(14) Hybrid Nicotianas. These are hybrids 

 produced by crossing six or more different 

 species of Nicotiana. "Many of the new hybrid 

 varieties are only obtained after several thou- 

 sand crossings, under all conditions which 

 seemed to promise success; but now I have 

 perennial varieties with glaucous green foliage, 

 edged and mottled with white, bearing pink 

 blossoms in cymes two or three feet across with 

 from five hundred to two thousand or more blos- 

 soms in each cyme. Most of these hybrids are 

 readily propagated from root cuttings or slips; 

 none of them ever bear any seed; all are un- 

 usually hardy." 



(15) Begonia-Leafed Squash. "A mammoth 

 squash which produced abundant crops for stock 

 feeding and has bright golden variegated leaves. 

 The unusual leaf variegation appeared four 

 years ago (1889) on a single vine, and by selec- 

 tion has become so fixed that at least 95 per 

 cent are variegated. The form, size, and uni- 



