November, 1909 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS vil 
ors range only from white to rose and ver- 
milion. Blue and violet colors are completely 
wanting and so is yellow, which is very com- 
mon in the begonia. 
ther species which have recently produced 
many new tones, with the exception of blue, 
include: Belargonium, Schahosa, Calceolaria, 
Antirrhinum, Mirabilis Jalapa (Four o’Clock 
or Marvel of Peru), hollyhocks, immortelles, 
and some species of Phlox and Godetia. The 
Gilliflowers, Wallflowers, and Balsams belong 
in the same category, for the varieties of these 
three flowers which are described as blue in 
seedmen’s catalogues are not pure blue, but 
violet. 
It should be observed, furthermore, that 
among species which have produced many new 
colors, there are some in which the color yel- 
low is wanting. This is the case with some 
species of larkspur (Delpinium ajacis and D. 
consolidated), with Dianthus Heddewigii and 
with the verbenas and Clarkias. 
Finally, there are species which, notwith- 
standing many years of cultivation, have shown 
little variation in the color of their flowers or 
have produced only new shades but not new 
colors. Among these are the fuchsias, which 
show only various shades of red. A blue or a 
yellow fuchsias would be a curiosity. Another 
example is furnished by Cyclamen persicum, 
in which many years of cultivation have only 
changed the original color scheme of a dark 
red throat and a white or pink tip so far as to 
deepen the red throat to crimson and almost 
violet and, on the other hand, to efface it alto- 
gether, producing a pure white flower. Quite 
recently, however, an approximation to a yel- 
low has been obtained by the production of a 
salmon-pink cyclamen. Similar cases are fur- 
nished by the Alpine forget-me-not, in which 
merely the shade of the original blue color has 
been slightly altered by cultivation, and by the 
marigold (Tagetes), the colors of which vary 
only from yellow and orange to brown. 
From the foregoing remarks it is evident 
that, although very many new colors have re- 
cently been produced by cultivation in the 
flowers of numerous species of plants, the pro- 
duction of these changes is entirely dependent 
upon the original predisposition to variation 
possessed by the plant. Without these tenden- 
cles to variation, no new color can be produced, 
either by the gardener or by natural selection, 
for if there is no variation, selection is im- 
possible. 
BURGLAR-PROOF GLASS 
Consul William Bardel, of Rheims, reports 
that a new French plate glass has been brought 
out which is practically burglar-proof. While 
an ordinary plate glass, such as is usually put 
into jewelers’ show windows, can be smashed 
by a single stroke of a metal-faced mallet, it is 
not possible to break this new plate glass in this 
manner. In an experiment made, a large piece 
of castiron was thrown violently against the 
window, but the only effect on the glass was a 
small hole measuring one or two inches. Sev- 
eral shots of a revolver loaded with jacketed 
bullets were then fired at the show window, 
but the window suffered no damage except 
that the bullets entered to a depth of a frac- 
tion of an inch. The plate glass which will 
stand such usage is ordinarily made of a thick- 
ness of 7 to 1 inch. If desired, even a heavier 
glass can be made without diminishing the 
transparency. 
The first steel steamship ever built in the 
maritime provinces of Canada is under con- 
struction at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. A great 
development is expected in this industry, 
which, in the days of wooden vessels, was such 
an important factor in the prosperity of the 
provinces bordering on the Atlantic coast. 
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We speak of the good old days— 
the charming graces and courtly 
ways. But do we forget that 
they did not know 
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