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ful. The investigations have shown that the Avocada, or alligator 

 pear, may be budded with success. 



The remaining papers of the programme, read by title, were as fol- 

 lows: Notes on New Hybrids, J. H. AVilson; Selection v. Hybridism, 

 F. W. Burbidge; Some Laws of Plant Breeding, H. J. Webber; On 

 Variation in Plants, J. B. Norton; Some Possibilities, C. L. Allen; 

 Fertile Hybrids of Teosinte and Maize, J. W, Harshberger; A Study 

 of Grape Pollen and What the Results Indicate, N. O. Booth; The 

 Improvement of C-orn by Breeding, C. P. Hartley; Improvement of 

 Crops for Arid Regions and Alkali Soils, T. H, Kearney; Improve- 

 ment of Cotton by Breeding, H. J. Webber; Practical Points from 

 the Breeding of Strawberries and Bush Fruits. F. W. Card; Crossing 

 Species of Salix, S. W. Fletcher; Notes on Breeding Hard}' Apples, 

 J. Craig; The Everbearing Strawberr}-, P. de Vilmorin; The Musk- 

 melon, F. W. Rane; Results in the Breeding of Species of Ricinus, 

 E. M. Wilcox; On Orchid Hybrids, O. Ames; Hybrid Beans, R. A. 

 Emerson; Hybrid Plums, F. A. Waugh; Cross Breeding of Cinchonas, 

 H. H. Rus})y; Notes on Plant Breeding in California, E. J. Wickson; 

 Plant Breeding in New Jersey, B. D. Halsted; The Wild Hybrids of 

 the North American Flora, D. George; Plant- Breeding Work in 

 Germany, J. C. Whitten; and Hybrids and Diseases, L. H. Pammel. 



The afternoon session of October 2 was held at the New York 

 Botanic Garden, Bronx Park, where the delegates to the conference 

 were entertained as guests of the directors of the garden. On Friday 

 an excursion w^as given the delegates up the Hudson to Poughkeepsie, 

 in the vicinity of which a number of private estates were visited. 



