Fig. 4. Showing results of crossing inbred maize strains. 
( )uter ears inbred four generations. Middle ear 
result of crossing these two strains (after East 
and Hayes). 
Of perhaps even greater interest, on account of its orna- 
mental character, is the “Rainbow Corn,’’ a few hills of which 
will be found at one end of the Garden nursery. This is an im- 
proved strain of the old Japanese white and green striped maize. 
The Garden specimens show four colors, red, white, rose and 
green, with a considerable degree of variation in the amount of 
each color to a leaf. Those plants with the greatest degree of 
red and white coloration are not as robust as those with more 
green in their leaves. The cause of this is the inability of the 
more highly colored plants to produce food as rapidly as those 
which are provided with plenty of leaf green. This strain of 
maize faithfully reproduces the striped character in all its off- 
spring. 
O. W. 
