STUDY OF HEREDITY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 738, 10 February 1910, Page 6

STUDY OF HEREDITY.

-.. PROFESSOB ..BATESON'S. RECENT : i '■ -\-'/'.'!'i APPOINTMENT';;-; j-f< : /-- Valuable resulU may be .expected to follow from Professor Bateson's acceptance .of the directorship, of :(;he. neV Horticultural Institution to, be establisheii at Meir- : .ton in- : Surrey.'- For. the purposes' of the institution .the trustees.-have- the disposal of.some .£SOOO from the.funds ; of the estate of the; late.-Mr..John Innes. -In accordance with.thei scheme drawn up'-by,.. the pharity Commissioners, the .-original' trusfees of-,the. charity, ■ and! a. council has ljeen ; appointed to -administer'i that portion'of the, John,, luhes Charity relat- : ing-to the Hortic.ulturalvlnstitution.-.;The objects of the cfiarity are.defined among the council's (official -functions, which, so far; as they. directly affect the.'conduct' of the institution,;ar,e as,follow:— ';>'.. .:-.,. ..) (a) To establish and maintain the institution for, the.purposes of affording ,- practical '-and iecieiitifio;} training..,:'for. .-' those engaged: or, desiring; to, bo .en-' taged in the industry or,employment of. ortic'ulture,':.•.■■':>■.■,. •'.■'::■;..■.... : ■'/.-..:-u : h : : ;" .... (b);,-Tq carry' out and if :research,':.whether'.'of.-a. i practical,.; or '; scientific nature,-into.any.,matters:hav- ' ing -reference vto. the growth' ■ and plants generally, but especially- of ". fruit'-.trees, ehrubs, irnits,; vegetables; arid flowers;: and'to- investigate and de--;nionstfate■ .the best;methods of: ;their- ; /onltivatiop,, their; habits,,'and' leading ;;■ characteristics, together, .-.with;.-the-soils " :and localities in";;which \ they may be ;• most flourish.;- ;/ ; - " .;■■. :

• (c);To endeavour .to. improve"' existing -varieties, or. to.create and introduce.new ones. ;.; '•.■:.;,.-:.-.•-. ~,.- ; :■■ '.-,-., ;■■■:

.-: . (d).To Jmpart'information; whether of'; ■:., .a practical; or, , scientific .characterj-/on ■.';■ [all motions'connected 1 with., the, above; :;:.and'-generally.;tb-endeaTonr to,promote ■ "as, far as'may. beVin every .way. the in-; ■: terests '.' of.:' ; aU : " connected.', with- the 'in-. v: dustryor employment. of : / ',', _(e). Generally.tp;!purs'ue'.any "course in- . cidental, or 'condncive to- the 'attain- - ments' of the objects referred to in .paragraphs.(a),v(b),■'(c),'and:(d) of'this , •clause.-/.-.:,.-:-/...;;- ■ ..-A.,.;. '-:■'■:.■<, '':■■■■: It is probable that..under/Professor Batcson/s .(lirecforship -,the -ncif;-institu-: 'tion,^ will .rbecome j one: of; the : most im--norkiit .schools' for.' the-. study ;6f. heredityi' btudentships will-presumably: be:.given', and.ifc is quite certain that..the new.,director:will consider the p^oniotioii; of.i investigations and -of''research of-, a praor ;tical and scientific nature into the growth CjiidJ.culti^atidn'Tif: l ,trets- 'and- plants•■ in , ..penefal'i as , nof, the -least-important of' his ijdiities. T-he^instStation , '. with-.its very considerable ehdoument .will", be ''able "to select and perfect varieties of, plant*.'" It--.will make it possible to "stildy on a large ■scale the,underlying.-'parts , of theTphysr.ology. of inheritance.-; It, will : ,be possible" to getah accurate foundation,from.which to control the' practice' of breeding, and sxcellen't facilities will be given, for. tHe study of such problems, as ,the/chemical Relation of colour, variety. '.:•-■;■ .<■-..