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The male hops examined were found to vary in the following 

 particulars : 



Time of flowering. 

 Stem (bine). 



Colour: grpcii, rttl, or intcrinctliatc. 



Ridges: rough or smooth; (hirker or lighter than the general eolour of the stem. 



Length of interuodes. 

 Leaves. Total length of petiole and lamina. 



Lamma: colour, dark or light green; Hat or margins of lobes rteurved towards 

 lower surface; wrinkling of the leaf feeble or well-pronounced; number and 

 shape of lobes; glands on lower surface numerous or few; size of glands. 



Petiole: colour of upper and lower sides; rouglmcss of lower (dorsal) surface ; depth 

 of furrow on upper (ventral) surface. 

 Laterals (iiiflorescentes). 



Length : absolute length and relative to subtending bract. 



Number of nodes at which bracteolcs are leafy. 



Length of internodes. 



Length of secondary laterals. 

 Stipules: ujjright, spreading or recurved. 

 Flower. 



Perianth segments: dimensions of segments and number of glands on outer surface. 



Anthers: number of glands in the outer (dorsal) furrow. 



Disc: number of glands present. 



In Older to secure uniformity in preparing a record of observations 

 the followino plan was adoj)tcd: 



The Time of Flowering is miderstood to be the hr.st date when 

 open flowers were seen; this was selected rather than the date when 

 the plant was in full flower us being more easily and accurately deter- 

 mined. The remaining characters were taken when the plant was 

 well in flower. 



The colour of the stem was determined for that portion of the 

 bine from the ground to the "breast- wire'," and the roughness of the 

 ridges taken for a short length (about 2 feet) just above that wire. 



For observations of the leaf-glands two leaves were taken from 

 each hill, one at the level of the breast- wire, the other midway between 

 that and the top wire. 



The measurements of the laterals were taken at two levels, the 

 first at one-third the distance from the hreastwire to the top wire, 

 and the other at two-thirds that distance; the general observations 

 on the leaves^ and the length of the internodes of the bines were taken 

 between those two levels. 



' The "breast-wire" or middle wire of the Uutcher System is about 4 feet fl inches 

 from the ground. 



* Or rather brads, since the laterals (inlloresceuccs) grow in their axils. 



