The Joi'PNAL OF Heredity 



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WHAT "ELEMENTARY SPECIES" MEANS . 



These six forms of barley {Hordeum distichum tuttans) were all isolated from the same mixture of 

 types — a mixture, however, which under the old system was a commercial variety, and was 

 sold by seedsmen as such. When the many forms in these mixed varieties are separated, 

 distinct types or "Elementary Species" like those above pictured arc found; and if they are 

 propagated separately, each one comes true to type, forming a "pedigree culture." (Fig. 1.) 



Society : ' ' S vcrigcs Utsadcsf orcning . ' ' 

 Little by little, it received subsidies 

 from all the Swedish agricultural associa- 

 tions, even those in the extreme north, 

 and finally also from the government. 

 At the same time, about one thousand 

 members from all parts of the country 

 gave it their financial and moral 

 support. 



Care had Vjcen taken from the bejgin- 

 ning to join this enterprise with an 

 independent association of agriculturists, 

 in order to interest its members directly 

 in the work being carried on. and at the 

 same time to oV)tain Iheir regular sub- 

 scriptions. There are two groups of 

 mtTnbcrs: those who are permanent 

 after having paid S2(S, once for all, and 

 those who pay annually $1.40. A 



directorate of seven persons, composed 

 of agriculturists and others interested, 

 has charge of the administration and the 

 finances. According to a rule adopted 

 this year, five of the directors shall be 

 elected by the government and two by 

 the society itself. The society issues 

 a periodical j^ulilication, and special 

 bulletins when necessary. In giving 

 advice aoid exijcrt opinions, in directing 

 comi)arative local trials, in examining 

 local varieties and other ways, the 

 society strives as far as possible to 

 fulfil its purpose of raising the general 

 level of agriculture in the coiuitry. 



SOURCES OF INCOME. 



The money necessary to carry on this 

 work is secured from various sources. 



