g BOTANICAL GAZETTE ' [u'Kii. 



* 



the improvement of apples and other tree and vine fruits, by S. A. Beach, W. T. 

 Macoun, and J. A. Burton; the breeding of cereals by L. S. Klink and C. E. 

 Saunders; the improvement of hops by selection and breeding by W. W. Stock- 

 bergfr; on cotton-breeding by David Coker, H. J. Webber, and D. A. 

 Saunders; the breeding of fiber crops, by J. H. Sheppard, L. H. Dewey, Frii 

 Knorr, and H. L. Bolley; the breeding of vegetables, by W. W. Tracy; ros. 



A. D. Selby, and W. H. Scherffius; 



J 



Ward; forage 



crops bv T. F. Hunt and H. S. Allard; and forest and nut trees by Gmo»ij 



_ ^ _ ~ T_n^r 4.1^™ rt^firlpc a<; well 



J 



In all of these articles, as well 



as in a number dealing with animal breeding, there are many facts record^ 

 which are of more than passing scientific interest. Papers of a more stncuy 

 theoretical scientific character are: "Organic correlations," by E. M. Last, so 

 gaps in our knowledge of heredity," by H. J. Webber, "The composition of 

 field of maize," by G. H. Shull, "Recent advances in the theory of h ^J- 

 C. B. Davenport, "Color factors in mammals," by W. J. Spillmax, and ^ 

 lian phenomena and discontinuous variation, " by W. J. Spillman. 

 range of subjects and the almost uniform high excellence of the papers ana p 

 included in this volume show that the American Breeders' Association nas a , 



These annual reports are made 



mission 



mission 10 nil, anu iiuu u is> lining 11 v-ivuii.ci.iwj. - f oren io- 



the treasure-house of all the best things gained in the experience ot our ^ 

 practical breeders and students of heredity during the progress o a 

 The efforts made by the practical breeders to present their experience in a ^ r» 

 scientific form as Dossible. and to interpret those experiences in the ig 



sciencinc iorm as possiDie, ana u> nucipici i»^ ^~r te ^ x \ r 



latest scientific results, and the efforts of the scientific breeders o ^^ 

 results in as simple, direct, and comprehensible a manner as possible, JV^ 

 salutary effect upon all those connected with the American Breeders - 

 and must continue to supply us with the best annual crops of infon J'' ai ^ ^^ in 

 the factors which enter into the breeder's work, whatever may .e 

 breeding. — George H. Shull. 



MINOR NOTICES 



Sertum Madagascariense.*— This paper is based on two ^N^ 10 ^ on t he 

 made in Madagascar, one by John Guillot in the district of \ a * orna The 



east coast and the other by Henri Rusillon on the plateau o rap h } 



first part of the work consists of a brief consideration of the botamC * nt Europ ean 

 and in the second part the author in collaboration with several P r0I " m . an d 



Among the plants recorded rf ** ^ 



4 varieties are described as new to science. The larger and more ^ }, a ve 



are accompanied by analytical keys to the species, and severa ex ^^ ^ ^ 

 been introduced. A complete index to the vernacular and scten 1 



Ann. Conserv et J** 



species 



HOCHREUTIN 



Bot. Geneve 11-12:35-135. figs. 23. 1907-1908. 



