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PLANT-BREEDING 



I>ud sports, 232. 



Bulbs of hyacinths, 247. 



Burbank (Luther), De \'ries and 

 Shull, 165 fig.; Experimental 

 garden of, 163 fig. ; Farm of, at 

 Santa Rosa, Cal., 161 fig.; Por- 

 trait of, 1 58 fig. ; Production of 

 horticultural novelties by, 159 

 ff. ; Methods of, 159. 



Burbank cauna, 200; giant prune, 

 179 fig.; plum, 170, 211; Shasta 

 daisies, 195 fig. ; sugar prune, 

 181 fig. 



Butt summer wheat, 75 fig. 



Cactus, Giant, 349 fig. ; hybrid, 193 

 fig.; Spineless, 168, 192; Spine- 

 less edible, 193 fig., 226, 227 fig., 

 228, 229 fig. 



Calla sethiopica, 204; albo-macu- 

 lata, 207; Elliottiana, 206; "Fra- 

 grance," 204; Fragrant, 224 

 hastata, 206; Nelsoni, 206, 232 

 Pentlandi, 206; Rehmannii, 232 

 Tiny, compared with normal 

 size, 205 fig. 



Campion, Smooth-leaved, 341 fig. 



Cannas, Burbank, flaccida, flower- 

 ing, and Tarrytown, 200. 



Capsules and general development, 

 Correlation of, 307. 



Carnegie grant, 162. 



Celandine, 251 fig. 



Centaurea Melitensis, 334. 



Cephalipterum Drummondii, 172. 



Cereals, Breeding of, 29 ff; Corn 

 differs from other, 120; Ele- 

 mentary species among, I OS ; Or- 

 igin of variability of, 84; Sports 

 of, at Svalof, 85; Svalof breed- 

 ing of, 48. 



Cereus giganteus, 349 fig. 



Chamomile, Wild, 334. 



Chance seedlings, 222. 



Characters and environment, 33 s; 

 in nature. Association of, 237; 

 Parallelism of apparently inde- 

 pendent, 296; Unit-, 16, 242, 



309- 



Chelidonium majus, 251 fig. 



Cherry, Mahaleb, 223 ; and plum 

 hybrids, 218. 



Chestnut, Spineless, 234. 



Chevalier barley, 39 fig., 44, 269 



Chrysanthemum segetum, 11, 13 

 fig-, 235. 



Classificators, 287. 



Clematis hybrid, 209. 



Close pollination of corn, 122. 



Clovers, Correlations in, 258; 

 Hastening of germination of, 

 262; Pitchers of, 293 fig.; 

 Types of, 282. 



Collections of selected plants, 28S. 



Color, and form, Correlations be- 

 tween, 250; and taste. Correla- 

 tions between, 248; of hybrids 

 of Veronica longifolia, 247; of 

 thorn-apples, 246; -varieties and 

 seeds, 244. 



Columbine, Flowers of, 241 fig.; 

 hybrid, 209. 



Concordea pea, Svalof, 69 fig. 



Constancy of elementary species, 

 100 ; of minor variations, 118; 

 of species, 8. 



Cope on discontinuous evolution, 8. 



Corn, Barrenness in, 141, 145 fig. ; 

 breeding, 107 ff. ; Breeding 

 blocks of, 155 fig.; breeding. 

 History of, 130; breeding. Meth- 

 ods of, 133; Comparative trial 

 of progeny of, 137; Cross-polli- 

 nation of sweet, 123 fig.; Dent. 

 114; Detasseling of, 140; differ." 

 from other cereals, 120; Equal- 

 ity of kernels in, 147; Flint, 

 114; for oil. Breeding, 108 fig.; 

 hybridizing, 125 fig. ; Individual 

 rows of, 13s fig.; Inflorescence 

 of, 121 fig.; Kernel of, 153 fig.; 

 Methods of testing, 137; mon- 

 strosities, 1 13 fig., 1 15 fig., 117; 

 Pistillate flowers of, iigfig. ; 

 Pod, 114; Pollen of, 122; Polli- 

 nation of, 122; Pollination of, 

 by hand, 126, 129 fig.; Pop, 114; 

 Ramified cob of, 115 fig.; Selec- 

 tion in, 134, 148; Soft, 116; 

 Staminate spikelet of, 119 fig.; 



