PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE 



Tuesday, September 30 



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PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THE NEW DISCOVERIES 



IN HEREDITY W. Bate son i 



NOTES ON MENDEL'S METHODS OF CROSS 



BREEDING C. C. Hurst .... 1 1 



ARTIFICIAL ATAVISM Hugo de Vrics . . 17 



SOME CONCLUSIONS Max Leichtlin . . 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 



VARIETIES W. A. Orton .... 41 



BREEDING FOR INTRINSIC QUALITIES W. M. Plays 55 



CORRELATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS OF 



THE PLANT IN FORM, COLOR AND OTHER 



CHARACTERISTICS S. A. Beach .... 63 



Wednesday, October 1 



EVOLUTION UNDER DOMESTICATION, DISCUS- 

 SION ON PAPER BY .O. F. Cook 69 



INDIVIDUAL PREPOTENCY Will W. Tracy . . 75 



IMPROVEMENT OF THE SUGAR CANE BY SELEC- 

 TION AND CROSS FERTILIZATION D. Morris 79 



SOME CYTOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HYBRIDS W. A. Cannon . . 89 



IMPROVEMENT OF ROSES BY BUD SELECTION. . .L. C. Corbctt ... 93 



IMPROVEMENT OF OATS BY BREEDING /. B. Norton .... 103 



ON BREEDING FLORISTS' FLOWERS E. G. Hill in 



A AIEDLEY OF PUMPKINS '. L. H. Bailey .... I [7 



RESULTS OF HYBRIDIZATION AND PLANT 



BREEDING IN CANADA Win. Sanndcrs . . 125 



WINE FERMENTS W. B. Alivood . . . 142 



HYBRIDIZING GLADIOLUS SPECIES W. van Fleet . . . 143 



IMPROVEMENT OF CARNATIONS C. W. Ward .... 151 



