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times been obtained from chance seeds. For instance: 

 Innocenza, Queen of May, Victorine, Violacea Grandi- 

 flora (which have held high rank for more than half 

 a century), Jacquesiana and Mme. Chereau (which for 

 more than three quarters of a century have been con- 

 sidered among the best varieties) came from chance 

 seeds. Juniata, one of Mr. Farr's very fine intro- 

 ductions, was a chance seedling. One of the largest 

 commercial growers of Bearded Irises does not polli- 

 nate any of his flowers but sows chance seeds, and he 

 has produced many fine varieties.* 



GRAFTING. — One variety may be grafted on 

 another. As a method of producing a new variety 

 there is nothing to it. In 1876 and 1877 experiments 

 were made in the Botanic Garden at Innsbruck: 

 Buds of Kochi (Fig. XXXV) were grafted on Flor- 

 entina (Fig. XXXIII), and buds of Florentina were 

 grafted on Kochi. The former produced unaltered 

 plants of Kochi, and the latter, unaltered 

 plants of Florentina. The Iris seems not to be an 

 exception to the general rule that when two varieties 

 or allied species are grafted together each retains its 

 distinctive characters (characteristics). 



It is a matter of common practice to hasten an 

 apple seedling into bearing by cutting it into scions 

 and grafting them on a tree of bearing age. Whether 

 grafting a growing point of a rhizome of non-blooming 

 age will enable the point or bud to produce a rhizome 

 of blooming-size sooner than it otherwise would, is 

 a matter being tried out at Stager Place. 



*Mr. Willis E. Fryer, Mantorville, Minnesota. 



