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Show VARYING COLOR8 FOR SEASONS. Hues of Flowera Deepen at th Months Advance, Tho, colors of flowers and loavea offer numhors of Interesting probloms. t No ono qulto knows why tho provall- I lng that of early spring flowers Is 1 oltlicr whlto or yellow. Yellow, In- i deed, holds Its own to somo extent M all through tho summer, but tho typl- 1 cal color of summer bloom Is pink, I whllo as tho autumn advances richer M crimsons nnd nil tho rich, glowing H hues or dahlias and chrysanthemum! B aro seen. H Horticulturists have produced pop- pies of pretty nenrly every shado un- der sun, and with many other flowora they seem able to alter tho colors nt- V most as they please. Yet tho bluo m. rose, tho black tulip and tho green I carnation seem ns far off as ever thoy 1. wcro In sptto of constant efforts to nrrlvo nt them. Nearly threo con- I turlcs ngo Dutch gardeners Imagined 1 thomsolvcs on tho vergo of Inventing 1 a black tulip. I Tho colors of tho blossoms of fruit' aJ, ft trees aro limited to white, pink, bright B scarlet and purple. Tho reason no W ono knows. Nor is It clear why near- m ly all plants with purple blossoms M havo poisonous properties. Tho dead- ly nlght-shado Is an Instanco which m will he familiar to all country road ers. Pearson's Weekly. H |