To what, then, are we to ascribe leaf variegation?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference

Love the color - the variegation is so nice and even.    From Wordnik.com.  [I heart Roam - And She Knits Too!] Reference

Wow, your trillium have just interesting colors and variegation!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wildflowers Of Spring On A Wednesday* « Fairegarden] Reference

Arum ‘Chameleon’ has golden green variegation that makes this groundcover a diva!.    From Wordnik.com.  [More on arum, that unsung variegated beauty « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog] Reference

The pink, white and green variegation is present while the trees are in leaf, sweetly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Front Walk….sweet « Fairegarden] Reference

I love the peachy pink variegation of my lampwork bead with Lisa's copper hair stick too.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Mermaids Harvest ~ Seashells For Your Hair] Reference

Ombré is a term used to describe a method of variegation with long lengths of each color.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Passion for Knitting] Reference

Not only is it a pretty bead, but it shows the variegation in the glass, which is important.    From Wordnik.com.  [CIM's New Colors, Frantz's New Blog & More!] Reference

I adore all shades of blue, purple, and white, plus anything with silver leaves or white variegation.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Garden, part 2 « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog] Reference

That was after going to three knitting stores before I found yarn of the proper weight and variegation.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Little Light Knitting] Reference

On her breast was a collection of luminous stones, their variegation imitating the scales of the murena.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salammbo] Reference

A poor sandy soil is more suitable for the variegated kind, as this renders the variegation more constant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gardening for the Million] Reference

There are other hostas with lots of white variegation that will do the same thing to brighten a shady spot.    From Wordnik.com.  [White Feather Without Tree Peony « Fairegarden] Reference

McClintock first examined the structure of chromosomes in maize plants showing variegation in pigmentation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Physiology or Medicine 1983 - Press Release] Reference

The theory that leaf variegation is a disease has been held by many distinguished botanists and is in nowise new.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference

After all, the positive register of Queen Mab includes the notion of variegation, a kind of naturalised complexity.    From Wordnik.com.  [_Queen Mab_ as Topological Repertoire] Reference

The lack of the dark marking in the leaves was equivalent to the variegation in other varieties, only in a reverse direction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference

What led McClintock to devote her research to the variegation of maize kernels was that it did not lit in with Mendelian genetics.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1983 - Presentation Speech] Reference

Formerly many physiologists considered leaf variegation a disease, because it generally ran in stripes lengthwise of the leaf or in spots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference

During the summer of 1931 I had seen plants in the maize field that showed variegation patterns resembling the one described in Nicotiana.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge] Reference

Then there appeared to me sparks of fire out of this great mist: there appeared to me a variegation of every different colour in the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Táin Bó Cúalnge. English] Reference

The day was a journey over plains of great variegation.    From Wordnik.com.  [African Camp Fires] Reference

I understand that such variegation may appear to be contradictory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

Its leaves have a variegation of creamy white on a dark green ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover] Reference

Now producers are growing dozens with a wide range of colors and variegation.    From Wordnik.com.  [hattiesburgamerican.com -] Reference

Through this upper corridor flitted birds of bright hue or striking variegation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Land of Footprints] Reference

With its bolder variegation, 'Rebecca' was a crowd pleaser at its Northwest Flower.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

The variegation in quality is more like different colours can be in the same brand.    From Wordnik.com.  [DancesWithWool] Reference

There are several other cultivars to choose from, including some with pink or bronze variegation.    From Wordnik.com.  [tcpalm.com Stories] Reference

One-sided variegation on leaves or twigs with the opposite side wholly green are by no means rare.    From Wordnik.com.  [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference

'Variegata' is a tropical with carmine leaf stalks; its long-lobed leaves have creamy-yellow variegation.    From Wordnik.com.  [chron.com Chronicle] Reference