AMERICAN HYBKID CONFERENCE. 



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the proceedings which failed to take note of this characteristic of the 

 meeting would be complete. Those who came did not do so out of com- 

 pliment or sense of duty, but strictly with a view to business. 



The following was the official programme, which was gone through in 

 the order given, though, owing to the shortness of the time available, 

 several papers had to be taken as read : 



1. " Practical Aspects of the New Discoveries in Heredity," W. Bateson, Cambridge 



University, England. 



2. " Notes on New Hybrids," John H. Wilson, St. Andrews University, Scotland. 



3. "Recent Experiments in Hybridisation," C. C. Hurst, England. 



4. " Selection versus Hybridism." F. W. Burbidge, Dublin, Ireland. 



5. " Artificial Atavism," Hugo de Vries, Director, Botanical Gardens, Amsterdam. 



6. " Some Conclusions," Max Leichtlin, Baden-Baden, Austria. 



7. " Suggestions for the Classification of Hybrids," R. I. Lynch, Curator, Botanic 



Garden. Cambridge, England. 



8. " Some Laws of Plant-Breeding," Herbert J. Webber, in charge of Plant-Breeding 



Laboratory, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



9. " Breeding for Intrinsic Qualities," W. M. Hays, Agriculturist, State Experiment 



Station, St. Anthony Park, Minn. 



10. " On Variation in Plants," J. P. Norton, Plant-Breeding Laboratory, U. S. Depart- 



ment of Agriculture. 



11. " Principles of Plant-Breeding," Luther Burbank, Experimentalist, Santa Rosa, 



Cal. 



12. " On the Breeding of Disease-Resistant Varieties," W. A. Orton, Assistant Patho- 



logist, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



13. "Evolution under Domestication," 0. F. Cook, Botanist in charge of Tropical 



Agriculture, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



14. " Individual Prepotency," Will W. Tracy, Detroit, Mich. 



15. " Cytological Aspects of Hybrids," W. A. Cannon, Columbia University, New York 



City. 



16. " Correlation between different Parts of the Plant in Form, Colour and other 



Characteristics " (illustrated by specimens), S. A. Beach, Horticulturist, New 

 York State Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y. 



17. •• Some Possibilities," C. L. Allen, New York. 



18. " Fertile Hybrids of Teosinte and Maize," John W. Harshberger, University of 



Pennsylvania. 



19. " Bud Variation in the Strawberry Plant," R. M. Kellogg, Three Rivers, Mich. 



20. " A Study of Grape Pollen, and what the Results indicate," N. 0. Booth, Assistant 



Horticulturist, N. Y. State Experiment Station. 



21. "Cross Fertilisation of the Sugar-cane," D. Morris, C.M.G., Imperial Commis- 



sioner of Agriculture for the West Indies, Barbados. 



22. " The Improvement of Corn by Breeding," C. P. Hartley, Plant-Breeding Labora- 



tory, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



23. " Improvement of Crops for Arid Regions and Alkali Soils," Thomas H. Kearney, in 



charge of Alkali Investigations, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



24. "Improvement of Oats by Breeding," J. B. Norton, Plant-Breeding Laboratory, 



U. S. Department of Agriculture. 

 2-5. "A Medley of Pumpkins," L. H. Bailey, Horticulturist, Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N.Y. 



26. "Improvement of Roses by Bud Selection," L. C. Corbett, Horticulturist, U.S. 



Department of Agriculture. 



27. "Improvement of Cotton by Breeding," Herbert J. Webber, in charge of Plant- 



Breeding Laboratory, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



28. " Practical Points from the Breeding of Strawberries and Bush Fruits," F. W. 



Card, Horticulturist, State Experiment Station, Kingston, R. I. 



29. " Advantages of Conjoint Selection and Hybridisation and Limits of Usefulness 



in Hybridisation among Grapes," T. V. Munson, Nurseryman, Denison, Texas. 



