. Experiments with plants. Botany. MAKI^'a XHW KINDS OP PLANTS 429 records a similar experience with Squashes ^ in which the seeds of one plant gave one hundred and ten kinds distinct enough to be named and recognized. Such hybrids repr(!Keut extremely variable types in which it is practically impossible to fix 245. Hybrid Poppy leaves. At the left, a leaf of the Oriental Poppy; at the right, a leaf of the Opium Poppy: in the center a group of leaves of the hybrids. To successfully combine the qualities of different plants by crossing requires a rare degree of skill and judgment. It
. Experiments with plants. Botany. MAKI^'a XHW KINDS OP PLANTS 429 records a similar experience with Squashes ^ in which the seeds of one plant gave one hundred and ten kinds distinct enough to be named and recognized. Such hybrids repr(!Keut extremely variable types in which it is practically impossible to fix 245. Hybrid Poppy leaves. At the left, a leaf of the Oriental Poppy; at the right, a leaf of the Opium Poppy: in the center a group of leaves of the hybrids. To successfully combine the qualities of different plants by crossing requires a rare degree of skill and judgment. It might seem, perhaps, as though it would be a comparatively simple matter to make all possible Plum crosses, for example, and select the best. But in practice it is found that the number of I Bailey: "Plant Breeding,'' third edition, 1904, p. 78,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Osterhout, Winthrop John Van Leuven, 1871-. New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co. , ltd.
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