Mav 10, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



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Display in Phipps Conservatory, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pa., Which Affords a Suggestion to Window Trimmers. 



this is the method that is followed to 

 secure results, and by raisinfj a nuil- 

 titudo of seedlings of any cross one is 

 likely sooner or later to secure the re- 

 sult he is striving for. 



Should one of these green-leaved 

 seedlings prove to be identical, or ap- 

 proximately so, with its white-flowered 

 mother, and were I to cross it on the 

 mother variety, the chance of produc- 

 ing offspring that would be pure white 

 and have green leaves would be greater 

 than the chance from raising seedlings 

 from either it or its mother, were they 

 allowed to fertilize themselves. 



The Third and Fourth Generation. 



There is one other fact that is not 

 to be overlooked by those who are en- 

 gaged in plant breeding and crossing. 

 A certain per cent of the variations 

 that are obtained by hybridization do 

 not appear in the first generation. Most 

 of the variations appear in the second 

 generation, but a certain proportion, 

 an<l often the most valuable ones, dq 

 not appear until the third generation, 

 while a few come even later than this. 



I believe that where it is desired to 

 transfer a required characteristic from 

 one variety of plant to another of wide- 

 ly different characteristics, while still 

 retaining the good qualities of the lat- 

 ter variety, it can be done more quickly 

 and more surely by crossing one or 

 both with one or more intermediate 

 varieties, varieties that are triily in- 

 termediate in character, and then cross- 

 ing the resultant progeny, than by mak- 

 ing the direct cross itself. 



The Price of Success. 



T have spent no time in this paper 

 discussing the mode of producing 

 hybrids, for I take it for granted that 

 all members of this society arc fully 

 as well acquainted as I with this. Only 

 experience and painstaking observation 

 will teach the operator when to trans- 

 fer the pollen from one flower to 

 another in order to make a successful 



cross in the more difficult varieties. 

 And no one can explain why the same 

 kind of pollen may be yjlaced on the 

 same kind of pistil a hundred times 

 without being able to fertilize the ovule 

 and so get seed, while the next time 

 the operation is performed, under as 

 nearly the same conditions as human 

 skill can produce, the desired result 

 may be secured. Other varieties cross 

 so easily that it is difficult to fail. 



To be a successful hybridizer, one 

 must be willing to pay the price, will- 

 ing to grow hundreds of seedlings that 

 are of no value in order to get one that 

 is of value, and then, when the result 

 is obtained, more often than otherwise 

 he may see the results of his toil disap- 

 jiear by some accident, or pass into the 

 hands of someone else who reaps all 



iai jirolits of it. But tho 

 of the work is worth the 

 'ffnit. it no other reward is ever ob- 

 tained. 



tiie fiiiam 

 fiurc I'lin 



La Fayette, Ind. i'roi'. <". !'., s.-iyir, 

 \\\\i< li;i-; li;id iliaigr ot' tli(> lloricultiiral 

 work at I'urdue University, has been 

 c.'illcd to the i-oiors as lirst lieutenant of 

 Held ••irtiilcry in ttie idlii-ers' reserve 

 corps ;ind li;c< been unsigned to I'ort 

 1 ti'M jaiiiiii l!;i fiisoii, Ind. 



Dryden, N. Y. The business formerly 

 conducted by .Imums E. Lormor has be- 

 come tlie proiicrty of Misses Lormor 

 and I'ratt, who have hi-eu in the market 

 gardening and nursery fiehl for several 

 years. Miss Lormor has taken spiecial 

 studies at Conudl 1'niversity to better 

 lit her I'or the liorists' business. 



A Close-Up of the Phipps Conservatory Baseball Display. 



