Note 5 — Front matter
Reading edition
"Although the attempt has often been made to produce a blue rose, no one has ever succeeded.... The reason a blue rose has never been produced is that blue has never arisen spontaneously in the Genus Rosa, and no blue flower of another genus has ever been found that will ... transfer its blue color to the latter. A breeder who could do this would ... make a fortune." Gager: The Plant World.—ED.