Nercrtbdets, it is of course u iu umt the sue- 

 otstftil oommtrcitl rarieties of pUnU and fniiU 

 are oomparatiTely few in number at contrasted 

 with the vast numbert of forms with which I hare 

 experitnented. It could not well be otherwise, 

 for it would be a strange and norel form of ex- 

 periment that led always to success. But of 

 oourtt the public in general heart of» and fai the 

 main cares for, tuooettM only. There it tekbm 

 any reason for exploiting a failure. And to a 

 long litt ot experiments that hare led to no 

 practical result has scarcely been hesrd of by the 

 public in general. 



Some of these, however, are in themselves 

 highly interesting, and I hsve thought it worth 

 while to take the reader into my contidence tu the 

 ext^t of telling about three or four series of 

 experiments which produced no permanent new 

 forms of flower or fruit, and which from the 

 commercial standpoint resulted only in loss of 

 time and money. 



There are certain lessons to be drawn from 

 these that I think will command the reader's at- 

 tention and interest 



A MisGuinED Petunia 



One of the most unusual hybridizing experi- 

 ments that I have performed ooiltitled of cross- 



