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spikes do not kink but it is not especially early. Now 
by crossing the two, possibly we can get an early Rich¬ 
ard Diener, or possibly we can get an improved Prince 
of Wales with spikes which do not kink and with some 
of the wonderful coloring of Richard Diener added. 
Prince of Wales is an excellent seed producer and it is 
sufficiently low in price that we are not particular 
about its bulblets, so we use it as the seed-bearer. As 
Richard Diener is still high in price, we will not let it 
produce seed but let all its energy go into the making 
of bulblets, and simply use pollen from it. We have 
several thousand young bulbs as a result of such crosses* 
and another season when they bloom we shall hope 
to find somewhere among them one which fulfills the 
ideal we are seeking. Some of these from a previous 
year’s pollenizing have bloomed and shown wonderful 
coloring. 
Ordinary wooden nursery labels make ideal tags to 
place on the spikes so as to keep a record of the crosses. 
A cross such as the above may be labeled P of 
W x R D 
In storage, seeds should be kept sufficiently dry 
that they will not mold; but they appear to germinate 
much better if not kept too dry. 
We plant them the same as bulblets, in rows a foot 
apart and seven feet long, in little drills just deep 
enough that they can be covered slightly with dirt. 
This should be pressed down and the bed covered with 
about a quarter of an inch of sand and not permitted 
to dry out. 
The new seedling should be tested out thoroughly 
before being named and rushed onto the market. Too 
many new ones of mediocre value have already been 
