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of reciprocal crosses between these same representatives 

 (11.35mXa and 11.35aXw). The results of the reci- 

 procal crosses will be awaited with especial interest in 

 view of De Vries's ( '11) recent paper on double reciprocal 

 crosses, furthermore, a large second generation will be 

 grown from self -pollinated seeds of a plant (11.35L&) in 

 Class II selected as being in more respects similar to 



LamarcJciana than any hybrid of my crosses so far grown. 



Let us consider the hybrids just described with respect 

 to their resemblance to LamarcJciana. As regards the 



