470 
Syncotylous Races. 
groups; thus 48 signifies the values from 46 to 50%; 
53 the values from 51 to 55%, etc. The numbers which 
occur in a vertical line below these figures give the 
number of individuals for each generation with the hered- 
itary value indicated by the upper figures. The barb 
in the bracket, below one of the values for a generation, 
denotes the character of the parent plant, that is to say, 
that plant whose offspring alone constituted this gen- 
eration. 
HELIANTHUS ANNUUS SYNCOTYLEUS. 
PEDIGREE OF THE SYNCOTYLOUS EVERSPORTING VARIETY. 
Under Selection of the Individuals \\ith the Highest Hereditary Value. 
HEREDITARY VALUES IN PERCENTAGES. 
19 25-40 48 53 58 63 68 74 78 
83 88 
93 98 
9th generation 
1896 
8th generation 
1895 
7th generation 
1894 
6th generation 
1892 
5th generation 
1891 
4th generation 
1890 
113841 
y 
2 
j 
1252 
4 7 
3 
110111 

1 2 
1 
1 2 
, 
3 8 
9 5 
1 
2 2 
11 6 
1012 
4 8 
15 1 
3d generation 
1889 
2d generation 
1888 
1st generation 
1887 
100110021 
250000111 
The pedigree shows that from an original plant with 
