I 7 2 THE OLDER HYBRIDISTS 



lish in half a dozen years the foundations of a great 

 science, the importance of which is now becoming 

 generally realized. 



[NOTE. In the earlier editions mention was made 

 of Millardet's ' false hybrids ' between species of 

 strawberries (1894), in which it appeared that which- 

 ever way the cross was made, the offspring resembled 

 the maternal species and were said to breed true. 

 Subsequent work by other investigators has not com- 

 pletely confirmed Millardet's observations, and as the 

 facts are still doubtful, it has been thought better to 

 omit the passage from the text. For somewhat 

 analogous phenomena in Tripsacum and Euchlcena 

 (genera allied to maize), see Collins and Kempton, 

 Journal of Heredity, 1916, p. 106.] 



