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stalks bearing them, while others were 
pollinated with pollen from other hybrid 
seedlings of the same parentage. The hy- 
brids of the second generation, where the 
seed was inbred with pollen from the same 
stalk, showed great loss of vigor, being 
small in stature and almost totally sterile ; 
while those produced from seed which was 
inbred with pollen from a different seedling 
were much more vigorous and productive, 
seeming to have lost but little by this 
process of inbreeding. 
Judging from these observations, it would 
seem that in fixing corn hybrids in practical 
plant-breeding it will be found desirable to 
cross different hybrid seedlings of the same 
parentage, which are found by careful ob- 
servation to present the same characters, 
rather than inbreed a hybrid with its own 
pollen, as is somewhat generally directed 
by plant-breeders. It is of the utmost im- 
portance in plant-breeding that the best 
methods of fixing hybrids of various kinds 
of plants be determined, and further obser- 
vations on this point with other plants are 
greatly needed. 
W. F. Ganone, 
Secretary. 
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. 
THE new grounds of Washington Univer- 
sity are situated at the western boundary 
of the city just west of Forest Park. The 
distance from the Mississippi River is about 
six miles and from the business center of 
the city about five miles. The most direct 
approach from the city is along Lindell 
Avenue. The site covers 153 acres and 
cost $350,000. The eastern boundary of 
the ground is Skinker Road, from which 
the land rises rapidly westward for about 
1,000 feet. Abont 1,200 feet from Skinker 
Road is placed the main building of the in- 
stitution, to be called University Halland to 
be devoted to the offices of administration 
and to those subjects which do not require 
SCIENCE. 
“mitory buildings. 
(N.S. Von. XIII. No. 320. 
a laboratory ora drawing room. This build- 
ing forms the eastern side of the first quad- 
rangle ; the other buildings on this quad- 
rangle are Busch Hall, to be devoted to 
chemistry, Cupples Hall No. 1, to be de- 
voted to Civil Engineering and Architec- 
ture, and the Library which separates the 
first quadrangle from the second. 
On the second quadrangle are also to be 
Cupples Hall No. 2, which is to be devoted 
to electrical and mechanical engineering, 
a building for physics, and sites for other 
buildings not yet planned. The first and 
second quadrangles are to be devoted ex- 
clusively to buildings for instruction. The 
other quadrangles are to be devoted to dor- 
Those to the north of the 
Broad Walk are intended to be occupied by 
women students and those to the south of 
the Broad Walk by men students. The 
Broad Walk, something over a third of a 
mile long, leads to the gymnasium, near 
which is the athletic field, which will be ex- 
cavated in the top of the hill in the form of 
an amphitheater. The architects, Messrs. 
Cope & Stewardson, of Philadelphia, have 
so arranged the quadrangles as to occupy 
the highest land of a long hill whose general 
direction is east and west. 
Seven of the buildings shown on the gen- 
eral plan are to be constructed at once, and 
five of them are already under construction. 
The St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado 
Railroad, running along the north line of 
the property at the bottom of the hill, makes 
it easy to bring in the supplies for the Uni- 
versity. The power house, located beside 
the railroad track, will provide heat, light 
and power forall the buildings. The build- 
ings generally will be two stories high on 
the quadrangles and three stories high on 
the opposite sides. The buildings to be 
erected immediately will cost about $700,- 
000, and about $100,000 will be expended 
in the grading and planting of the grounds. 
The style of architecture is what is called 
