PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE 



Tuesilay, September oO 



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Practical Aspects of the Xew Discoveries 



IN Heredity /T. Batcson i 



Notes ox ^Mendel's ]\1ethods of Cross 



Breeding C. C. Hurst ii 



Artificial Atavism Hitgo dc I'rics . . 17 



Some Conclusions ^la.v Lcichtlni . . 25 



Suggestions for the Classification of 



Hybrids /. T. Lynch 29 



Definition of "Sport '■' (General Discus- 

 sion ) 32 



Some of the Fundamental Principles of 



Plant Breeding Luther Burbank . 35 



On the Breeding of Disease-Resistant 



\'arieties U\ A. Orton. ... 41 



Breeding for Intrinsic Qualities ]]'. J/. Hays .... 55 



Correlation Between Different Parts of 



THE Plant in Form, Color and Other 



Characteristics 6\ A. Beach .... 6t, 



AVednesclay. October 1 



Evolution Under Domestication, Discus- 

 sion ON Paper by 0. F. Cook 69 



Indi\tdual Prepotency JVill JV. Tracy . . 75 



Improvement of the Sugar Cane by Selec- 

 tion AND Cross Fertilization D. Morris 79 



Some Cytological Aspects OF Hybrids //'. A. Cannon .. 89 



Impro\ement of Roses by Bud Selection. . .L. C. Corbett ... 93 



Improvement of Oats by Breeding /. B. X orton .... 103 



On Breeding Florists' Flowers if. (7. Hill 1 1 1 



A ^Medley of Pumpkins L. H. Bailey .... 1 17 



Results of Hybridizatio.n and Plant 



Breeding in Canada. ll'ni. Saunders . . 125 



Wine Ferments AV. B. Alicoocl . . . 142 



Hybridizing Gladiolus Species IT. van Fleet . . . 143 



Improvement of Carnations C". W. JVard . . . . i ^i 



