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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 30. 1911. 



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with other workers as it now seems to 

 me we should have done, and we are only 

 beginning to grasp some of the funda- 

 mental truths of varieties that have been 

 well known for a long time to many of 

 those now present. Although we have 

 <hig out no new principles in plant breed- 

 ing and have originated nothing that is 

 really startling, we have made a steady 

 advance in the character of our stock. 

 It is for this reason that I purpose 

 speaking today of the methods of our 

 work as ^Tell as of the results accom- 

 plished. 



The Search for Double Forms. 



An aster is nothing if not double — I 

 refer, of course, to the regular commer- 

 cial varieties. Continuous search has 

 been made, therefore, for plants having 

 more double flowers. "We have found de- 

 cided diflferences in varieties in respect 

 to the amount of improvement to which 

 they were susceptible. The more "stub- 

 born ' ' sorts, as we have called them, have 

 but little variability. Occasional plants 

 would be found in these varieties pro- 

 ducing fine double flowers. The seed 

 from these plants would be grown sep- 

 arately. But the following year they 

 would be marked "No improvement" 

 and would be thrown back into the gen- 

 eral stock. Apparently the doubling had 

 come from some temporary condition es- 

 pecially favorable to the plant. Still, by 

 using stock seed selected mainly for the 

 double character of the flowers, we can 

 see that we have made a distinct advance 

 in five years in even the most stubborn 

 varieties. 



Eliminating a Yellow Center. 



In the variety known as the Cardinal 

 the undesirable yellow center has been 

 eliminated in an unusual way. As the 

 variety came to us in 1907, every flower 

 showed a yellow center at an early stage. 

 The variety was well established and the 

 make-up of the flower was such that I 

 considered it a most stubborn case. "When 

 we grew our first crop in 1908 it was no- 

 ticed that, as the flowers aged, the yellow 

 tlisk florets changed to the color of the 

 outer florets, or "petals," and also be- 

 came somewhat elongated. One plant was 

 found in whicli the center of the opening 

 flower was filled with long tubular florets 

 of the same color as the outer parts, and 

 long enough to avoid the appearance of 

 stiffness common to most asters with 

 quilled centers. This character has held 

 for two seasons without any tendency to 

 reversion, and we were able to grow our 

 crop of this variety in 1910 from the 



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