a. Studies in the Experimental Breeding of Indian Cot- 
_ tons: an Introductory Note. Part 2—On Buds 
and Branching. 
By H. Martin Leake, M.A. 
generation and crosses of the F, generation by the parents. 
to the left of, the main bud. 
This question of the position of the accessory bud has 
been studied in detail for the first time during the past season, 
and the records for two generations are now obtainable, It 
is evident, however, that it is a character which does not follow 
those laws of inheritance which have been found to hold good 
~~ w cases have been noted in which in a single leaf axil, and 
still more rarely in two to four (one case only) leaf axils, of one main 
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state positively that such cases are not true exceptions, Bad it must 
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growth, in which case the accessory bud will take its place. It will be 
wo therefore, to bear in mind that such exceptions may be apparent 
only. 
