INDEX 



357 



Matricaria chamomilla, 334. 



Matthiola incana, Selection of 

 double, 238. 



Maynard plum, 211. 



Meadow-grasses, Methodical study 

 of, 284. 



Methods of breeding, English vs. 

 German, 65; German, 46; of 

 Burbank, 159; of corn-breeding, 

 133; of producing improved ra- 

 ces, Svalof, 67 ; of selection and 

 amelioration, German, 56; of 

 selection developed by Nilsson, 

 Summary of, 90; of testing and 

 comparing, 61; of testing corn, 



137. 



Migration, 335, 345; and distribu- 

 tion, 352. 



Minnesota, Agricultural experi- 

 ment station of, 103 fig. 



Mokry, breeder of cereals, 46. 



Monstrosities, 142, 144, 292; of 

 corn, 113 fig., 115 fig., 117- 



Mungoswell's vi'heat, 35. 



Mutability, 6, 100. 



Mutation, 6; and evolution, i ff. ; 

 at Svalof, 85; in horticulture, 

 221 ff.; of evening primroses, 

 322. 



Nicotiana, 170; afifinis, 209; glauca, 

 209. 



Nightshade, Deadly, 243 fig. 



Nilsson, Hjalmar, and agricultural 

 breeding. Discovery of, 93 ; Dis- 

 covery of elementary species of 

 agricultural plants by, 29; por- 

 trait, 28; method of selection, 

 Summary of, 90; methods, 104; 

 on slow evolution, 14; Work of 



2T7- 

 Nilsson-Ehle, Work of, 2-j-]. 



Oat - grass, Spikelet of, 278 fig. ; 

 Wild, 285 fig. 



Oats, Correlation in panicles of, 

 26s; Hopetown, 35; Panicles of, 

 263 fig. ; Races of, 36; Shirreff, 

 35; sports at Svalof, 89; Stiff- 

 branched Svalof, 82 fig. ; Svalof 

 flag-, 76 figure; with bending 



branches, Svalof, 86 fig.; with 

 spreading branches, Svalof, 83 

 fig.; with stiff branches. Panicle 

 of, 275 fig. ; with weak branches. 

 Panicle of, 273 fig. ; with weak 

 branches, Svalof, 87 fig. 



a-'nothera albicaulis, 170; biennis. 

 253, 250, 338; biennis. Elemen- 

 tary forms in, 100; biennis X 

 muricata, 318; brevistylis, 325 

 figure; brevistylis. Elementary 

 forms in, 100; brevistylis, Mu- 

 tative origin of, 322; gigas, 22. 

 23 fig-, 328, 329 fig. ; Hookeri, 

 336; Lamarckiana, 17 ff., 324, 

 329 fig.; laevifolia, 331 fig.; lae- 

 vi folia. Elementary forms in, 

 100; lata, 20, 326; leptocarpa, 

 22; muricata, 337 fig., 338; na- 

 nella, 21 fig., 22; oblonga, 24, 

 328; rubrinervis, 21 fig., 125 fig., 

 328; scintillans, 19 fig., 328; 

 scintillans. Rosette of, 330 fig. 



Oil, Breeding corn for, 108 fig.; 

 Selection for, 154. 



Opuntia Engelmanni, 328; vulga- 

 ris, 228. 



Oscinis frit, 264. 



Palo Christi, 347 fig. ; \^erde, 346. 



Pansy, 311 fig. 



Papaver orientale, 209; pilosum, 

 233 fig. ; Rhoeas, 209, 234; som- 

 niferum, 209; somniferum, Pis- 

 tillodous, 297. 



Parallelism of apparently inde- 

 pendent characters, 296. 



Parkinsonia microphylla, 346 fig. 



Pea, Svalof Concordia, 69 fig. ; 

 Svalof Grop, 283 fig. ; Svalof 

 Solo, 281 fig. 



Peas, Kinds of, 280; sports at 

 Svalof, 89; Tedin's work on, 



255- 

 Pearl summer wheat, Svalof, 74 



fig. 

 Pears, Amelioration of, 256. 

 Pedigree, cultures, 42; cultures of 



Lamarck's evening primrose, 30; 



of spineless cactus, 168. 

 Peloria, 293. 



