10 NHERITANCE OF SOME CHARACTERS IN WHEAT. 



representative of each class as a standard. This portion of the 

 work was therefore deferred and the F 3 was first studied as thorough- 

 ly as possible in two of the four crosses— Nos. 2 and 3 in the list on 

 page 8. A very large number of plants in the F 2 were selected by 

 eye as representative of the whole series and in addition all the smooth 

 specimens were grown. All the plants were sown seed by seed and 

 the resulting F 3 cultures were reaped plant by plant. The individuals 

 of each of these F 8 cultures were then examined separately under 

 the microscope. The results obtained in this examination in cross 

 No. 2 are given in detail in tables II to V : — 



