TABLE OF CONTENTS vii 



Report of Botanist — Coiitimicd. 



Summer-Winter Cucurbits, 266, 267 



A General Observation on Blends in Squashes 267 



Commercial Varieties Added in 1908 268, 269 



General Observations on Summer Squashes, 269 



Experiments with Peas, 269 — 285 



Notes upon the Initial Growth of Peas 270, 271 



Points in the Classification of Peas, 271 



A Biometric List of Fifty-seven Commercial Kinds of 



Peas, • 272, 273 



A Method for Studying Correlations of Peas, 274 



Correlation Table from Previous Biometric List,.... 276, 277 

 Observations Drawn from a Biometric Study of 



Fifty-Seven Varieties of Peas 278 



Regarding the Whole Plant, 278 



Concerning the Pod, 278 



Of the Seed Only 278 



Associations Observed witliout the Aid of the Bio- 

 metric Table, 278 



General Observations on Peas 279 



A Study of Una from the "Blend" Progeny 279 



Relative Number of Blends Showing Resemblance to 



Either Parent, 279 



A Study of Sizes of Plants, 280 



General Summary upon Una as Expressed in Blend 



Progeny, 280, 281 



Reciprocal Crosses, 282 



Summary of Reciprocal Crosses, 283 



Experiment with Seeds Regarding Their Position in 



the Pod 283, 284 



Summary 284, 285 



Experiments with Peppers, 285 — 290 



A Biometric List of Fifty Commercial Kinds of Pep- 

 pers, 286, 287 



Key to Forms of Fruit as Given in Biometric List,. . 288 

 Observations Drawn from a Study of Fifty Varieties 



of Peppers, 288 



Bilends in Peppers, 288, 289 



Summary of the Blends 289, 290 



General Observations upon Peppers, 290 



Experiments with Ornamental Plants 290 — 293 



The "Pansy-Violet" Hybrid, 291 



Petunia Crosses, ' 291, 292 



Snapdragon Crosses, 292, 293 



Hybrid Foxgloves, 293 



Numerical Study of the Seed-Vessels of the 'Velvet- 

 Leaf," 293—295 



Barrel Shading 295, 296 



