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90 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
Though, therefore, the general conclusion must be that 
the most striking ecological adaptations of Azorean plants 
are not in relation with their present surroundings, and 
therefore likely to be injurious, or at the best wasteful, 
rather than beneficial, there is reason to expect interesting 
results from a protracted study on the spot of the manner 
in which these plants may readjust themselves to their 
new environment. 
