INDEX. 
Natural hybrids, 150, 155, 159 
= in Cattleya, 222 
Neatarines, 463 
Nerine, 411, 444 
Noorduijn, Professor, 72 
address, 210 
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Oat hybrids, 37, 336 
Obstacles in hybridising, 220 
Odontioda Vuylstekex, 259 
Odontoglossum, 242 
Oncocyclus Ivis, 442 
Orange, breeding hardy, 303 
Orchids, germination of, 292 
- and Mendelian characters, 123 
3 phylogeny of, 476 
" systematic arrangement, 218 
Ostenfeld, Herr, address, 285 
Paphiopedilum, 123 
Parents’ influence on colour, 213 
Passion-flowers, 188 
Patents for new plants, 474 
Paul, Mr., address, 446 
Peach x Plum, 472 
Peaches, 463 
Pears, 404, 472 
Peas, 33, 37, 40, 45, 47, 468 
Pedigree card system, 430 
Pelargoniums, 199, 456 
Pfitzer, Professor, address, 218, 476 
Phyllocactus, 407 
Phylogeny of orchids, 476 
Pigeons, 42 
Pineapples, 38, 307 
Plant-breeding in U.S.A., 301, 421 
Plum x Apricot, 472 
Plums, 401, 472 
Pollen, influence of foreign, 297 
Potato, “Blue Giant,’ 385 
Potatos, 40, 385 
Poultry, dominance of characters in, 138 
Practical plant-breeding, 421 
Prain, Lt.-Col., address: 62 
President of the Society, portrait of, 30, 79 
Primula Auricula, 435 
+ deorum, 48 
Primulas, 47, 413 
Production, increase of, 301 
Programme of arrangements, 7 
Protection for new plants, 474 
Prunus Besseyi, 404 
Punnett, Mr., exhibit of, 47 
Pure-bred, meaning of, 93 
Pure-line experiments, 107 
Pyrus japonica, 472 
Quality, improvement of, 301 
Quantitative compound characters, 140 
Rabbits, 44, 118, 124 
Ranunculus arvensis, 33 
Raspberry, 206, 401, 412 
Rats, 42 
Reception of guests, 30. 
485 
Recessive, 86 
Reduction-process, 289 
Resistance to disease, 301, 378 
a to cold, 303 
i to draught, 304 
Reversion, 94 
Rhodothamnus Chamecistus, 49 
Ribes, 204 
Rivers, Mr., address, 463 
Rolfe, Mr., address, 222 
tollit, Sir Albert, 82 
i0sa foliolosa, 39 
Roses, 446 
» hybrid, exhibit of, 454 
Rosenberg, Professor, address, 289 
Rothschild, Mr. Leopold de, 81 
ia Mr. Lionel de, 83 
Royal Hort. Soc., Council and officers of, 3 
- Be ,, banquet, 68 
Rubus, 206, 412 
Rust, yellow, 35 
» Wheat immune to, 376 
Salmon, Mr., address, 378 
Salvia Horminum, 32 
Sand-cherry, 404 
Sarracenia, natural hybrids of, 155 
Saunders, Miss, address, 143 
exhibits at Conversazione, 
32 
.. portrait of, 70 
Saunders, Dr., address, 370 
Schroder, Baron, resolution sent to, 66 
Seolopendrium hybridum, 45, 50 
Secretary of the Society, portrait of, 28 
Seed adaptation, 480 
Selection of plants, 339 
of seed, 337 
Sex, inheritance of, 136 
Sheep, 41 
Shortia uniflora, 49 
Smith, Dr. Erwin, 81 
address, 301 
7 ” 
Snaile, 46, 135 
Soil, change of, 341 
Solanum Commersonii, 385 
Spontaneous hybrids, 150, 155, 159, 222 
Sporting, 394, 398 
Staples-Brown, Mr., exhibit of, 42 
Stocks, 32, 143 > 
, doubling in, 148 
Strawberries, 470 
Strong and weak wheats, 374 
Sugar-cane, 310 
= inflorescence, 316 
a difficulty of hybridising, 318 
Sutton, Mr. A. W., exhibit of peas, 40 
Sweet peas (see Peas) 
Systematic arrangement of orchids, 218 
Tickets, books of, 10 
Tobacco-breeding, 307 
Tomatos, 45 
FA red colour in, 114 
Transmission of disease, 373 
Trees, hybridisation of, 307 
Triticum, 34 
