238 ON THE INHERITANCE OF THE FI,OWERING TIME IN TEAS AND RICE 
tli^' M. P. scctls (16 in number) was niaclc on Jan. 11, 1910, and the second on 
the 25th of the same month. From our e.N:;)erience in the raising of the F.^ of 
the G. p. X I. P. cross in tlic previous winter, we found the above mentioned 
intervals in the sowing times of the parent varieties to be suitable for cross- 
ing. The thinning of M- P. was done in the same manner as in the case of 
G P. 
The dates on whicli first flo\v'ers appeared were as follows: — 
G. P. M, P. 
' ■ — — . 
No. I 
Feb. 
19 
No. 
I 
Feb. 21 
XV 
>y 
19 
i 
2 
„ 24 
„ H 
It 
20 
)• 
3 
„ 24 
„ XI 
;> 
20 
First 
4 
„ 22 
„ III 
)> 
24 
Sowing-« 
>) 
5 
„ 24 
„ X 
M 
24 
jf 
6 
„ 23 
„ XVI 
} > 
24 
)) 
7 
„ 24 
M VII 
>> 
25 
8 
„ 24 
„ IV 
]\Iarch 7 
9 
March 8 
XII 
f> 
8 
» > 
10 
9 
„ XIV 
)> 
10 
>) 
1 1 
9 
VI 
)> 
1 1 
Second 
j> 
12 
9 
„ V 
12 
Sowings 
>> 
13 
„ 8 
XIII 
)> 
14 
)> 
14 
„ II 
„ VIII 
J) 
18 
'5 
9 
„ IX 
5> 
20 
>> 
16 
9 
Here we see again that the variation range of the early variety is quite 
narrow, while that of the late variety is remarkably wide. 
By crossing two varieties, we got 106 seeds in ^ G- P. X J M- P- and 
64 seeds in ^ M. P. X J G. P- The cross seeds reached maturity suitable 
for sowing in the middle of May. So we sowed these cross products together 
with some seeds of both parents on May 21. 
Before recording the flowering times of the hybrid progenies, we shall 
first treat here the observations on the inheritance of the flowering time in 
