REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE ON GENETICS. 7 
Conyersazione and for the Banquet can be obtained from my Office-—for 
the Conyersazione, 2s. 6d.; for the Banquet, Ladies £1 1s., Gentlemen, 
25s. 
Faithfully yours, 
W. Wiuxs, Secretary. 
The programme is as follows :— 
Monday, July 30. 
9 p.m. to 10.80. Conversazione in the Society’s Great Hall. 
9.30. Address of Welcome by the President of the Society, Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., V.M.H., &e. 
Exhibits of Japanese Waltzing Mice crossed with albinos, shown by 
A. D. Darbishire, Esq., of the Royal College of Science, London, and of 
various other Hybrids. 
The Band of the Royal Artillery will play in the Musicians’ Gallery. 
Refreshments will be served during the evening. 
Tuesday, July 31. 
[Nota Bene.—Only the hoiders of the special Conference tickets can 
be admitted to the Sessions of the Conference as the space is limited and 
the seats already engaged.| 
10.30 to 1. First Session of the Conference. 
Opening address by W. Bateson, Esq., F.R.S., V.M.H., President of 
the Conference. 
Professor W. Joharinsen, of Copenhagen, on “ Does Hybridisation 
increase fluctuating Variability ?”’ 
C. C. Hurst, Esq., of Hinckley, England, on ‘“‘ Mendelian Characters 
in Plants and Animals.” 
A. D. Darbishire, Esq., of the Royal College of Science, London, on 
“Recent advances in animal breeding and their bearing on our knowledge 
of Heredity.” 
Professor Davenport, Station for Experimental Evolution, Cold Spring 
Harbour, Long Island, U.S.A., on “Dominance of Characteristics in 
Poultry.” 
G. Udny Yule, Esq., of University College, London, on “ The theory 
of inheritance of quantitative compound characters on the basis of Mendel’s 
laws.” 
1.15. Light Refreshments. 
2.30. SEconD Session of the Conference. 
Monsieur E. G. Camus, Lauréat de l'Institut de France, on “A 
Contribution to the Study of Spontaneous Hybrids in the European 
Flora.” 
Monsieur E. Malinyaud, President of the Société Botanique of France, 
on ‘‘ Phenomena of Hybridisation in the Genus Mentha.” 
John H. Wilson, Esq., D.Sc., F.R.S.E., of the University of St. 
Andrews, Scotland, on “ Infertile Hybrids,” with Lantern [lustrations. 
R. A. Rolfe, Esq., of Kew, England, on ‘‘ Natural Hybrids of the 
Cattleya Group.” 
