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The JorRNAL of Heredity 



TOP-WORKING. 



What is the owner of an orchard 

 already planted to do if he desires to 

 place pollinizers in his orchard? It is 

 quite easy to bud over branches here 

 and there in properly placed trees. 

 No preliminary cuttinj^ back is neces- 

 sary as the buds may be inserted where 

 the bark is anywhere from one to three 

 years old. The work sliould l3e done 

 iust as the leaves are cominti; out in 



s])nng, usin^f the ortlinary method of 

 shield budding and t_\-ing the buds in 

 place with waxed cloth. The wraps 

 .should be left on about three weeks and 

 as soon as the buds have taken, the 

 branches should be cut back, leaving 

 stubs five or six inches long to which the 

 shoots from the buds may be tied as 

 they grow out. These stubs should be 

 removed at the end of one season's 

 growth. 



ITALIANS TAKE UP EUGENICS 



On November 17th, the Roman Society of Anthropology organized an "Italian 

 Committee" for the study of eugenics. The Directors are: 

 Prof. Giuseppe Sergi, President. 

 Prof. Sante de Sanctis, Vice-President. 

 Dr. Cesare Artom, Counsellor. 

 Prof. Corrado Gini, Counsellor. 

 Prof. Mangiagali, Counsellor. 

 Prof. Alfredo Niccforo, Counsellor. 

 Dr. F. Umberto Saffiotti, Secretary. 



INTERNATIONAL EUGENICS CONGRESS 



The Organizing Committee of the Second International Eugenics Congress 

 met in New York City, January 2,1914 and elected Professor Alexander Graham 

 Bell Honorarv President and Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn, President. The 

 nucleus of a General Committee was also named. Professor Osborn has accepted 

 the Presidency. It is probable that the Congress will hold its meetings in the 

 latter half of September, 1915, at the American Museum of Natural History, 

 New York City. 



A. B. A. PUBLICATIONS WANTED 



On the inside ])ack cover of this issue will be found a list of the American 

 Breeders Association annual re])orts, and back numbers of the American Breeders' 

 Magazine, which the association still has for sale. There is a constant demand 

 for the other numbers and reports, particularly from libraries which wish to 

 complete files. Those who have any copies of the annual reports, or of the 

 magazine, other than are enumerated on the inside back cover, will confer a favor 

 by notifying the secretary, if they are willing to sell them. 



