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the mixture of the ratios 3:1, 1:1, 3:5 and 1:3, all of 

 which are expected Mendelian results, on the basis of 

 present knowledge of the compound character of Lychnis 

 colors. 



Crosses between white-flowered plants should, not in- 

 frequently, result in progenies of all purple-flowered off- 

 spring or of purple and white in the ratios 1:1, 3:5, or 

 1:3. These results have not yet been found, owing no 

 doubt to the fact that my crosses between white and 

 white have been almost invariably made between sibs in 

 wholly white-flowered families. 



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