55 55 55 



55 55 55 



55 55 55 



72 Mendel's Experiments 



From this it is perceived that, according to the above 

 theory, in the third year of the experiment out of all the 

 plants 



Half should have violet-red flowers (Ad), Classes 1, 3 



white flowers (a) 2, 4 



a long axis (Bb) 1, 2 



a short axis (b) ,, 3, 4 



From 45 fertilisations of the second year 187 seeds 

 resulted, of which only 166 reached the flowering stage in 

 the third year. Among these the separate classes appeared 

 in the numbers following : 



Class. Colour of flower. Stem. 



1 violet-red long 47 times 



2 white long 40 



3 violet-red short 38 



4 white short 41 



There consequently appeared- 



The violet-red flower colour (Ad) in 85 plants. 

 white (a) in 81 



long stem (Bb) in 87 



,, short ,, (b) in 79 



The theory adduced is therefore satisfactorily confirmed in 

 this experiment also. 



For the characters of form of pod, colour of pod, and 

 position of flowers experiments were also made on a small 

 scale, and results obtained in perfect agreement. All 

 combinations which were possible through the union of the 

 differentiating characters duly appeared, and in nearly 

 equal numbers. 



Experimentally, therefore, the theory is justified that 

 the pea hybrids form egg and pollen cells which, in their 



