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be more graceful in form than the most graceful 

 one of the original colony. It will have its blos- 

 soms much more artistically grouped on the stalk 

 than any balloon-flower that has hitherto been 

 seen, and the color of these blossoms will be 

 clearer and more brilliant than those of any 

 individual member of the original colony, 

 whether blue, white, or intermediate, as may 

 readily be demonstrated by comparison if the 

 original colony has been preserved, and is now 

 represented by unselected progeny. 



Of course, in these experiments, the unselected 

 members would usually have been destroyed, 

 but the worker who experiments on a smaller 

 scale may find it desirable to preserve the 

 old colony, or some members of it, if for no 

 other purpose than to find encouragement 

 in making such a comparison as that just 

 suggested. 



The results, as I have said, are sure to be 

 encouraging if you have carried out the experi- 

 ment in the way just outlined. Nothing more 

 is required than the use of your eyes and reason- 

 able judgment in selecting the best specimens; 

 care in the preservation of the seeds; cultivation 

 of the seedlings in the way we have elsewhere 

 fully described; and persistency in following up 

 the experiment. 



