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30. " Hand Pollination of Orchard Fruits," H. C. Price, Horticulturist, State College, 



Ames, Iowa. 



31. " Wine Ferments," W. B. Alwood, Mycologist, &c, Polytechnic Institute, Blacks- 



burg, Va. 



32. " Crossing Species of Salix" S. W. Fletcher, Horticulturist, Experiment Station, 



Pullman, Washington. 



33. " Hybridising Gladiolus Species " (illustrated), W. van Fleet, Little Silver, N. J. 



34. " Notes on Breeding Hardy Apples," J. Craig, Ithaca, N. Y. 



35. " The Everbearing Strawberry," Ph. de Vilmorin, Paris. 



36. " Breeding of Native North-Western Fruits," N.E.Hansen, Horticulturist, State 



Experiment Station, Brookings, S. D. 



37. " The Musk-Melon," F. W. Rane, Horticulturist, State Experiment Station, 



Durham, N. H. 



38. " Study of the Variations in the Second Generation of Berberis Hybrids," C. E. 



Saunders, Ottawa, Can. 



39. "Results in the Breeding of Species of Ricinus" E. Mead Wilcox, Biologist 



Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala. 



40. " On Orchid Hybrids " (illustrated by specimens of the parents and progeny), Oakes 



Ames, Ames Botanical Laboratory, North Easton, Mass. 



41. " Hybrid Beans," R. A. Emerson, Horticulturist, Agricultural Experiment Station, 



University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. 



42. "Hybrid Plums," F. A. Waugh, Horticulturist, Hatch Experiment Station, 



Amherst, Mass. 



43. " Cross Breeding of Cinchonas," H. H. Rusby, Botanist, College of Pharmacy. 



New York. 



44. " Breeding Florists' Flowers," (a) E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind. ; (b) C. W. Ward, 



Queens, L.-L, N. Y. ; (c) A. Wintzer, West Grove, Pa. 



45. " Cereal Breeding in Kansas," H. F. Roberts, Botanist, State College, Manhattan 



Kansas. 



46. " Results of Hybridisation and Plant-Breeding in Canada " (illustrated by speci- 



mens), William Saunders, Director of the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 

 Canada. 



47. " Notes on Plant-Breeding in California," E. J. Wickson, Horticulturist, Agricul- 



tural Experiment Station, University of California. 



48. "Plant-Breeding in New Jersey " (illustrated by specimens), B. D. Halsted, Pro- 



fessor of Botany in Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J. 



49. " The Wild Hybrids of the North American Flora " (illustrated by specimens of 



the parents and progeny), David George, Museum Aid, New York Botanical 

 Garden. 



50. " Plant-Breeding Work in Germany," J. C. Whitten, Horticulturist, University of 



Missouri, Columbia, Mo. 



51. " Hybrids and Diseases," L. H. Pammel, Botanist, State College, Ames, Iowa. 



In the first paper Mr. W. Bateson gave a brief account of the discoveries 

 in heredity due to Mendel, showing how these discoveries may assist the 

 breeder in his efforts to obtain and perpetuate pure strains of desirable 

 forms. A paper by Capt. C. C. Hurst on the same subject followed, and 

 in the subsequent papers and discussions the significance of the Mendelian 

 principles naturally was a prominent topic of debate. It was especially 

 interesting to learn that Professor ftpillman, of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, had independently discovered the regularity of the segregation 

 occurring in the offspring of cross-breds.* He had been led to this dis- 

 covery by his extensive series of experiments on Wheats. Unfortunately 

 he had not prepared a paper for the Conference, but those who had an 



* See Bull. 115, Off. Exp. Sta. U.S. Dept. Agric. p. 88. 



