446 NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



The flowers were counted upon November 27th, with the following 



results : 



Long-styled. Short-styled. 



Box 1 20 12 



Box II 11 25 



Box III 11 17 



Box IV 22 20 



Box V 2§ 18 



Box VI 14 21 



Totals 98 113 



The short-styled form was more numerous as a whole, but less so 

 in three boxes, namely, Nos. 1, 4 and 5, The first four boxes are 

 comparable, and here it is seen that the two boxes with ' ' long-styled 

 seed" gave 31 long-styled plants and 29 short-styled plants, while 

 the two boxes with "short-styled seed" produced 33 long-styled 

 plants and 45 short-styled plants. In each instance the form of the 

 flower in the mother plant was in excess of the other type. 



The poor soil gave 31 long-styled and 37 short-styled plants, while 

 the medium soil produced 33 long-stjded or 37 short-styled plants, 

 or there is no evidence in this case of any influence on the part of the 

 soil. 



Boxes 5 and 6 show that the long-styled plants are more numerous 

 when the mother plant has grown upon very rich soil and much 

 fewer when the mother plants were upon poor soil. 



On February 1st a duplicate of the above set was counted, with 

 4he following results : 



Long-styled. Short-styled. 



Box 1 9 16 



Box II.... 12 11 



Box III 12 10 



Box IV 13 14 



Box V 11 5 



Box VI 11 8 



Totals 68 64 



Here the totals are nearly the same. The two boxes with ' ' long- 

 styled seed" gave 21 long-styled plants and 26 short-styled plants, 

 while the two boxes with "short-styled seed" produced 25 long- 

 styledjplants and 25 short-styled plants. Here the form of the flower 

 in the mother plant was not that of the majority in the offspring. 



The poor soil gave 21 long-styled plants and 26 short-styled plants, 

 while the medium soil produced 25 long-styled plants^and 24 short- 



