Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-07-09
kGRICUL TURAl,
From the American Agricultnrist
uYBRIDILATIONANDC CROSS FECUNDATION
OF PLANTS

OF PLANTS
Hybn ilza'ion, srtly speaking is The art or act Of
obtaining am offspring progeny between two species
Of animals or plants and fecundation or cross
breeding, Is The proiucto Of progeny or he
tween varieties Of he same species. II was aataned
by B f1on. Hunter, and other nauIalists Of The last
century and is yet assumed hv many SC enrifc men of
the preen day. tina the Bird offspring or progeny Of
two distinct species 0fanmas lants is Incapable II
begetng or prod 3cing lis kind thus making hybri-
div he test # spec ic cha a~er. From this weuay
infer hat he P ogeny # hybrid plants produce
seed but ha produces by cross fecunda ion may be
regarded as fertile.
The servatious and experience Of practical garden
ers and Gorss would justify he following max
Inns. a. af"dng some guide 10 The production Of new
.rafle' les races -
l. The evsence Of sexes in pants is now universal
~ arknoWe get, as occurring in the same 1ower.-
in seIarae flowers on the same phntor treas well as
in til Sc Of trees distinct from o. e other.
2 Pants nearly rela.ed that is closely similar in the
structure of he several paris-are thnse only which
VII innedia ely mpregnae with each other; but
i'll impossible. at present. say what "a Miles Of plants
may NAV b. brought into fertile union through in
1erneda'e Not leng AFRO. the azaea and rho
d'dendmn were thought 10 b. iRcapabe Of such union
but his oTdn'n is row exploded fr the Pontic rho
dodendnn or Pontjcum) has been fecundate with the
PJlen Of The Chinese azea. a. sinerSs and The prog
eny between that EVERGREEN and The last named dscd-
nouSly eaved shrub is the previously known phenome-
non yellow rhod dendron. lG lii> manner the bras
scae (cabbages turn ps sc mixed freely with brass cas-
IN all Their g7adatons. as well as The cucurbaceas.
(me:ens, pumpkins-~ernrds. Seq There ex-
cepsns hdWeve, to this rule for the beautiful pelar
mum and he scarlt geranium, III ugh nely allied
according The classification of modern boansts have
not hitherto, been able to mix. Again, the raspberry
and strawberry regarded first cousins; VET after
several attempts -;hey have not hybrzed The goose
berry and current too ARE nearly retedstI there alliance
iuvIu i,1a triai hv eli hand
). The color of the future blossoms mot Of those first
hyhridized) to the influenced though not in
varaly, by the male plant. if its seeds and flowers are
darker Than those of the female. Mr. Knight found
;hat when the pollen of coloed blossomed pea was
Introduced INTO white one, the whole of the future
seeds were colored. But wea the pollen of white
blossom introduced to the stigma of coored hos
som. the.vho Of the" future seeds were whie.-
Captain Thurtell. from heightened uhsev ton and ex
pertinent, also informs that he has always found the
color and spot Of the petals # the prla gonom be more
Influenced by the male than by the female plant On
the cnray however, he observed that the firm Of the
petals falows most closely that of the male plant
Large stature and robustness of habit according
Mr. Knight, transmitted to the progeny by either of
the parent plants. Therefore il does absolutely mat
Ter, for obtaining his characteristic whether the plant
male female be large but he generally found that
the m st robis female plant produced the finest resist
When good fruit culinary vegetable is wanted, he
recommends that the largest from the finest fruit or
tiinf. that has rpened earliest aad most perfectly,
should always be selected. In fruits if two ker-
nels in stone, these give birth inferior plants
The florists Of tie day. however, opposed TO Mr..
Knight IN their practice regards the hybridzaon or
Foundation If oman entail hpwers for thew recon-
mend the weakest plants and those that terminate last
where chastity Of form and marking are required to be
taken the greatest Of they produce the
most valuable f,wers.
Mode Of oLiai,ing Jariciies-The most successful
mode Of Obtaining I'd and very distinct vaiees is to
employ the police Of a male fwer grown IN another
plant. frona distance. and that bearing the female
ar that IN which the trcundati is take place. When
the plants are in flwer carefully extract with pair Of
shaF pointed sclsslrs the anhers, il any. from the e
male flower from which YOU trnd 10 produce seed and
ais d4stry all male flowers those having anthers
Of the sp-t'es that are in the immediate vicinity
bere they arrive at maturity. Your attempts will he
IF no avail tor Nature will have performed her mart
and instead of hybrid. you will have natural eedv
In orr further t. avoid previous and undesired imprer-
nation the iIwes should be enclosed in case covered
with ganze and thus continued until the process Of Nv
bdiza'nn is complete. t. exclude insects and The effects
produced by strong of air hele the desired POL
len is ripe. Annher ef-ctua .mode Of preventing nm
desired mpregsaton bringing the female plant into
flower little earlier han its congeuars and removing
the anthers, directed above. For the stigma viii re-
main vigorous, if uninpregHaed. fer several days.
After extracting the anthers from the flowers you
wish bear SEEDS carefully watch the progress of the
sigma and you find it in condition to re-
ceive the pollen. select the injured autiers frm dis
lance, and. bring them in gentle with tie stigma
uhirh s'.f lent quantity Of pollen viii adhere. Ifa
double fiur shnnd chance to have fertile anther two
these should be employed for erzaiion the flowers
of their progeny will almost be sure to be double Al
though the tecunjty Of ali Tie seed in seed vessel