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The hybrid may resemble both parents and possess 

 intermediate characters. This is tlie more usual con- 

 dition, and may show itself as a mixing of the 

 characters, as when a red flower crossed with a 

 yellow one gives a spotted flower with red and yellow 

 spots standing side by side; or it may result in a 

 blending of characters, giving in this case a uniformly 

 orange-colored flower; or, finally, we may have the 

 characters both mixed and blended, giving orange- 

 ccjlored petals with red and yellow spots. 



The hybrid frequently resembles one parent much 

 more than the other, sometimes showing the char- 

 acters of one parent onlj^ 



It very frequently happens that the hybrid is of 

 greater size and vigor than either of the parents. 

 A good illusti'ation of this is seen in Fig. 231. Another 

 ease in point is the Shasta Daisy (Fig. 240), which 

 also shows how the qualities of diverse parents m;iy 

 be skilfully combined. It is the result of a cross 

 between the (iomniou Field Daisy of the eastern United 

 States (chosen for its free - flowering habit), a 

 European Daisy (chosen for its vigor and size), and 

 a Japanese Daisy (chosen for the peculiar dazzling 

 white luster of its petals) . The hybrid proved larger 

 than its parents and, by selection, flowers have l>een 

 obtained which under good cultivation reach a diameter 

 of six inches (see Fig. 240, which shows the Shasta 

 and the American parent; the English and Japanese 



