IN THE TROPICS. 
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2„—Telegraph crossed with Ringleader. 
A—The Parental Types. 
1. For Telegraph see above. 2.— Ringleader .—Cotyledons per¬ 
fectly yellow and smooth; seeds a little flattened from side to side. 
Plants on the average less than 3 feet high ; pods containing very 
few seeds but comparatively numerous upon the plants. Flower 
stalks very long ; pods truncated at the ends. 
B .—The Cross-bred Forms. 
1. Telegraph x Ringleader .—Twelve seeds were obtained from 3 sue - 
cessful crosses ; all of them were fully yellow and resembled in shape 
the smoother examples of the normal Telegraph type. All these 
seeds gave rise to fruitful plants, which were of nearly the same 
height as Telegraph and closely resembled that parent except in the 
greater length of the flower stalks and the truncated ends of the pods. 
2. Ringleader x Telegraph .—Eleven seeds resulted from 4 crosses, 
these were not to be distinguished from uncrossed seeds of Ring¬ 
leader. The 11 plants resembled those arising from the reciprocal 
cross. 
C .—Further Generations. 
1. Telegraph x Ringleader , F 2 .—The following seeds were readily 
distinguished according to colour ; in shape they closely resembled 
those of Telegraph :— 
No. 
Yellow. 
Green. 
427.1 
18 
5 
.2 
12 
4 
.3 
11 
3 
.4 
5 
5 
.5 
14 
5 
.6 
13 
7 
444.1 
15 
2 
.2 
14 
4 
.3 
20 
# 4 ® 
7 
.4 
11 
5 
445.1 
8 
4 
.2 
11 
■5 
.3 
10 
... 
2 
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162 
58 or 3 : 1*07 
Total 
