Sunset . s u N s E from the original plant will continue tobe just like it in color, form, and have frequently been told that an irisin some garden has reverted, usually tothe common purple blue or the whitespecies referred to earlier. Thissimply isnt true, because thefine garden varieties of todaywere not derived from either ofthese. The probable explanationis that somehow either a smallpiece of a rhizome was left inthe bed or got there by accidentand eventually, because of itsvigor, grew up to flowering sizeamong its choicer fellows. Ican further say I have neverknown any division of
Sunset . s u N s E from the original plant will continue tobe just like it in color, form, and have frequently been told that an irisin some garden has reverted, usually tothe common purple blue or the whitespecies referred to earlier. Thissimply isnt true, because thefine garden varieties of todaywere not derived from either ofthese. The probable explanationis that somehow either a smallpiece of a rhizome was left inthe bed or got there by accidentand eventually, because of itsvigor, grew up to flowering sizeamong its choicer fellows. Ican further say I have neverknown any division of an iristo sport or to revert to either ofits parents. It is this capacity toremain true which makes animprovement in the race so im-portant, for it is one which canbe perpetuated. To obtain a new or improvedform in the bearded irises, re-course must always be made toseed, which is sometimes pro-duced naturally by self-fertiliza-I tion or the assistance of insects,: but in systematic plant breeding is the
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