ON FLOWER POSSIBILITIES 



that were their ancestors, your new race will 

 present a striking contrast. 



The fact that you have thus been instrumental 

 in virtually creating a new type of flower can 

 scarcely fail to give you real satisfaction and 

 pleasure. 



The fact that you have a flower such as per- 

 haps no one else in the world possesses, and that 

 this has been produced by intelligent and persist- 

 ent effort, must be a source of quite justifiable 

 self-gratulation. 



In subsequent studies we shall see that there 

 are methods of stimulating the production of new 

 colors and color combinations through hybridiza- 

 tion. But in this introductory chapter I am dealing 

 chiefly with the simpler cases, and suggesting ex- 

 periments that the amateur may undertake at the 

 outset. 



The more complex cases will command his 

 attention in due course. 



Meantime it should be stimulative to reflect 

 that, by mere selection, demanding no knowledge 

 of botany, no expert knowledge of horticulture, 

 but only the possession of reasonably acute vision 

 and the exhibition of patience and persistence, it 

 is possible to develop in the most commonplace 

 flower-garden blossoms whose color is at once 

 unique and of enhanced beauty. 



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