436 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [DECEMBER 
Tables XII and XIII disclose this relationship. In the experiment 
from which the records were obtained, the seed of each plant was 
TABLE XII 
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A BEET’S YIELD OF SEED AND THE AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF 
AR IN ITS PROGENY; YIELD OF SEED IN IQI2 
Centers of weight classes of 25 gm. range 
162.5|187.5/212.5|227.5|262.5|287.%/212.61227.51262.51287.5|412.5 To- 
2 feo 3/1 45/ Pe} re) tals 
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S Bice Oa gaat a AT Piel sore. 6) ate eh ees 
> 35 FA Ouse Ars oe ee Ree Be Ob Olle tal) oO alee ae 
au gS eee ee Of eb Sl et ee 81 a oe) eae 
G6 & 15-0....-.--- § 244 2 I Oo 6 OO 10-0 Loa ag 
ps eee eer re Wi O46) Bk 2) O81 0e8 eb 61: ete t 
Oe BOs 6 as ees 8 2 fe) ° I I ° ° I} 19 
ag & 3 3 
a OG 16-S. 20s. SiS SE 21ers Slot eT oy SP ere 
as po at Pei ane SEE Of OTe aL eT o}] 6 61 -ete 
8 cw eu. rr Yor Olt, ob et OTe) ar es 8 
So 
8 wt 
eS. WOotals. .. <- B61 344) 46 46 ob el ey 942.0 1-56;5) “© wae 
Mean yield of seed, 198.5 gm.; mean percentage of sugar, 15.32; standard deviation in yield of 
seed, 43.405 gm.; standard deviation in percentage of sugar, 0.996; ‘coefficient of correlation, —0o.013. 
* Number of beets in the classes in rgr2. 
TABLE XIII 
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A BEET’S YIELD OF SEED AND THE AVERAGE VALUE OF ITS 
OGENY FOR PERCENTAGE OF SUGAR EXPRESSED IN PERCENTAGE 
OF THE CHECKS; YIELD OF SEED IN IQI2 
Centers of weight classes of 25 gm. range 
162.5|187.5|212.5|237.5|262.5|287.5|312.5|337-5|302-5 387.5/412.5 bok 
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BS 8 * oT 6 
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: Mean yield of seed, 108. mean value of progeny, 92. 6 per cent of percentage of sugar ar contained 
in their checks; standard po in yield of seed, 43.40 : gm.; penne i Ba viation in value of — 
14.07 per cent of percentage of sugar contained in their c 8; coefficient of correlation, —o.9 
* Number of beets which cueeik seed in 1912 and progeny in patra 
