Journal 



OF THE 



Royal Horticultural 

 Society, 



VOL. XXIV. (348 pages), 1900, 



CONTAINS A FULL REPORT 



OF THE 



First 

 International 

 Conference 



ON 



GENETICS ; 



HYBRIDISATION 



(THE CROSS-BREEDING OF 

 GENERA OR SPECIES), 



THE CROSS-BREEDING OF 

 VARIETIES, 



AND 



GENERAL PLANT-BREEDING, 



Held in the Society's Gardens at Chiswick, 

 near London, on July 11 and 12, 1899. 



The Second International Conference on 

 Plant Breeding and Hybridisation was held 

 under the auspices of the Horticultural 

 Society of New York, U.S.A., on Sept. 30 

 and October 1 and 2, 1902, and the Third 

 Conference on this subject was held on 

 July 30 to August 3, 1906, under the auspices 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society, the Report 

 of which, containing 480 pages, together 

 with that of the First Conference, can be 

 obtained at the 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY'S OFFICES, 

 VINCENT SQUARE, LONDON, S.W. 

 Price FIVE SHILLINGS each. 



(For copy of the Second Conference Report, apply to 

 L. BARRON. 136 Liberty Street. New York, U.S.A.). 



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