Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1874 — Double Flowers. [ARTICLE]

Double Flowers.

Rouble flowefs often have stamens and no pistils, sometimes pistils aud no_ stamens, and al-i other times neither. In the f irmer case,, doutfle—flowers are : rt-a■ lily obtained by dusting the pistils cl j shigl eflo we r s,, wi t h 11; e_ podim i-fr om ; the double. Double Petunias are j thus obtained. Hollyhocks also ■ mm be thus raised. Often double ; flowerswill have .-’ome good stamens ami pistils, and so fertilize [ themselves. Pinks. roses_andpllier_! r " ' : -■ - , things are instauees. The petals . jxf mmefolly remwvml,or the tender ovaries will I 'rot.— The first flowers that bloom on a plant have the most luxurious tendency, and will often of themselves produce double flowm-s. The Stcckgilly is an instance. The seed from the central or first spike of flowers will often produce all double flowers.