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himself perform MendePs experiment. However, it is a 

 manner of special interest that d priori, in the absence of 

 experimental data, he should have come as near the prin- 

 ciple of the Mendelian explanation as the above passages 

 indicate. 



1. Darwin, Charles. 



a. 1859. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the 



Preservation of Favored Eaees in the Struggle for Life. Lon- 

 don. 6th ed.. New York, 1885. 



b. 1877. The Effects of Cross and Self-fertilization in the Vegetable 



Kingdom. New York. 



c. 1900. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. 



2d ed., New York. 



2. Sageret, Augustin. 



1826, Considerations sur la production des hybrides, des variantes, et 



nnalls des 'sciences Naturelles, 18: 294-314. 



