38 GEOEGE JOHN EOMANES 1875-. 



hole in the top of the root, and fitting in the crown 

 like a cork in a bottle. 



I shall look forward with great interest to the 

 appearance of the new edition of the ' Variation. ' I 

 only wish I had begun Pangenesis a year earlier, 

 when perhaps by this time the graft-hybrid question 

 might have been settled. Perhaps, however, it is as 

 well to have this question once more presented in its 

 a priori form, for if it can soon afterwards be proved 

 that a graft hybrid is possible, the theoretical import- 

 ance of the fact may be more generally appreciated. 



A day or two ago I saw on a farm near this a 

 beautiful specimen of striping on a horse. The 

 animal is a dark dun cob, with a very divided shoulder 

 stripe coming off from the spinal one on either side. 

 Each shoulder stripe then divides into three prongs, 

 and each prong ends in a sharp point. All the legs 

 are black as far as the knees (carpi and tarsi), and 

 above the black part for a considerable distance all 

 four legs are deeply marked with numerous stripes. 

 I can get no history of parentage. If you would like 

 a drawing I can send one, but perhaps you have 

 already as many cases as you want in the 'Variation.' 



Very sincerely and most respectfully yours, 



Geo. J. Eomanes. 



To Professor E. Schdfer. 



Dunskaith : Sept. 1875. 



My dear Schafer, — I have to apologise for having 

 left your last letter so long unanswered, but there 

 has really been nothing going on here to make it 

 worth while writing. 



