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 uudouhted characters of P. Malus. However, it shows 

 that P. coronaria had a strongly prepotent influence upon it. 

 Do squashes and pumpkins mix with watermelons ? 

 *■ Mr. F. S. White says: "This is a question that 

 has been a puzzle to many, because we never see a pumpkin 

 seed in a melon, nor is there any change in the melons, or 

 apparant mixture in the seed. Yet I am sure that melons 

 grown near pumpkins will get so mixed with the pumpkins 

 as to be untit for use." Now this is a general belief among 

 gardeners, and my friend Mr. White states the case from 

 his observations, but I desire to correct an error due to a misun- 

 derstanding of the limits of species. What is commonly called 

 a squash is a pumpkin, Oucurbita Pepo, and not squash, 

 G. maxima- Equally general is the belief that cucumbers 

 spoil muskmelons. Prof. Bailey has shown that it is ex- 

 tremely doubtful. Ninety-seven muskmelons of many varie 

 ties were pollinated with cucumber pollen of many kinds. 

 No fruit set. Twenty-five cucumber flowers were pollinated 

 with muskmelon pollen; only one fruit developed, but that 

 was seedless. In our own experiments in no case was there 

 any evidence of '"mixing" between the squash and pumpkins 

 and melon and pumpkins. The off flavor in melons is due 

 to reversion. 



Parkman has recorded some interesting observations 

 on the hybrids between two Japanese lilies, L. speciosum 

 and L. auratum. The pollen of L auratum was applied to 

 the stigma of L. speciosum and the result was that some good 

 seed was produced. It appears that in the fifty young plants 

 produced the stems were mottled like L. auratum, showing 

 the influence of the male parent. The flowers of the first 

 were like those of L. speciosum but having the fragrance of 

 L. auratum. Now, of the other hybrids, not a single one 



