pep? EXPERIMENTS IN THE HYBRIDISING OF INDIAN COTTONS. 
Of Nos. 1 and 2, rather less than one quarter were fuzzy- 
seeded. The small proportion of naked and intermediates 
among those of fuzzy-seeded parents, whether extracted from 
naked grandparents or not, is very striking and in marked contrast 
to others. Intermediates appear to give about half naked and 
half fuzzy. 
Taste XIV. 
The fitth hybrid generation. 
No. in TOTALS. 
No. | table | Grand parent. Parent. | Naked. | Fuzzy. 
ni N. v, 
| 
1 a Ss Naked .. Naked oe | 4 - 
2 9 Do. Do. 6 a 10 0 
3 y.} Do. Do. Tf 4 
4 Ss Do. Do. 6 Dy 13 6 
5 s Do. Fuzzy 8 25 8 25 
6 8 Do. Do. 1 135 1 135 
Ff 2 Fuzzy Do. |e 129 
8 re Do. Do 6 122 
9 g Do. Do. oe 5 
Ww | 13 Do. Do. 68 
11 15 Do. Do. | 2 259 
12 16 | Do. Do. 8 97 
13 16 Do. Do. mA | 
14 1s | Do. Do. 1 13 
15 19 | Do. Do. 87 | 17 | 929 
} 
The first two were probably pure naked-seeded plants, the 
next two hybrids. There was apparently a certain amount of 
intercrossing with naked-seeded plants growing near by, but on 
the whole the velvet seeds came very fairly pure to their kind. 
Except in the case of Nos. 5, 8 and 12, there were either no 
naked-seeded plants at all or less than 1//. 
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS. 
The first and most obvious result of crossing was a great 
increase in the size and vigour of the plants, This is in accord- 
ance with general experience. In the cross Jowart x Jari the 
results of which form the substance of this paper, the first 
hybrid generation, the immediate results of the crossing were 
indeed small plants (fig. 11), but the next and succeeding genera- 
tions contained some which were large bushes running up to six or 
