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succeed in, are as much questions of the hour as the discovery 

 of additional hmitations to Mendel's law, or as are other general 

 questions of the theory of heredity. 



The President — Any remarks to be made on Mr. Hays' statement? 

 Dr. Hansen — I would like to ask if you met with any objection by 

 the nurserymen ? 



Mr. Hays—l would Hke to say that I heard one of our leading 

 nurserymen say that he did not know anything that might help the 

 nurserymen more than this, because they only shipped a small number of 

 plants, as many of them were often taken up by growers who never 

 grew before, and our nurserymen stand right by us. We do not mean 

 to antagonize them and the nurserymen seem to have no objection. Of 

 course, they are all looking for orders for this plant, but we select 

 from some nurserj'men whom we know to be reliable, and whom we 

 know by experience will put up a plant as we want him to. At first, we 

 tried it by tender, but at last we got down to one man who does the 

 work for us. There is no objection whatever on the part of the nursery- 

 men to the work. In fact, it has been a help. 



Mr. Southwick — I would like to call the attention of the gentlemen 

 present to the educational value of this work. That is very important, 

 the educational value of this work, to the people of this province or any 

 section. 



The President — The subject is one which has great economic value 

 and has a bearing also upon the subject of hardiness and acclimatization. 

 We would ask Mr. Hicks now to present his statement on " Plants from 

 East Asia and Western Europe on Long Island." 



