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The Journal of Heredity 



tablet was unveiled at Riverside honor- 

 ing Mrs. Tibbets for the part she took 

 in the pioneer work of establishing 

 one of the great fruit industries of the 

 country. Only one of the original 

 Riverside trees is living and it is not 

 very vigorous. Despite the vicissi- 

 tudes through which the old tree in 

 the Department greenhouse has passed, 

 it is still lusty. Planted first in the 

 ground of the original orange house, 

 it remained peacefully at home there 

 until 1903, when it became necessary 

 to demolish the orange house in order 

 to construct new buildings for the 

 Department of Agriculture. The old 

 tree was carefully lifted and planted in 

 a tub. We had a large palm house 

 and the tubbed tree was kept there for 

 a time. Later it became necessary to 

 dismantle the palm house and the old 

 tree was sent to the Washington 



Botanical Gardens located near the 

 Capitol grounds. There it remained 

 until about nine years ago, when it 

 was brought back and planted in the 

 ground in a new house constructed 

 for tropical and subtropical fruits, but 

 now devoted exclusively to citrus. We 

 do not know the exact age of this tree, 

 nor when it was first planted in the 

 original orange house. Neither do we 

 know whether it is older or younger 

 than the tree at Riverside. Presumably 

 the two trees are of about the same age, 

 namely, fifty years. Their greatest 

 monument is found in California where 

 their family has increased until it 

 now numbers nearly nine million trees, 

 yielding an annual crop of fruit which 

 for the past five years has averaged 

 8,400,000 boxes, with a maximum crop 

 of 13,000,000 boxes. 



Talks to Mothers 



The needlessly high maternal and 

 infant death rate in the United States 

 should not simply be deplored, but 

 should be remedied. Combating and 

 correcting this condition has been the 

 function of the Maternity Center 

 Association during its years of exis- 

 tence. The recent publication of a 

 series of twelve Talks to Mothers is 

 another commendable effort toward 

 their goal. 



The Talks are expressive of the aim 

 of the organization. According to Miss 

 Nancy E. Cadmus, R. N., general 



director of the Maternity Center Asso- 

 ciation, the Association's purpose is 

 "not to try to supplant the doctor or 

 nurse. The expectant mother is urged 

 at every opportunity to place herself 

 under expert professional medical and 

 nursing care." The burden of their 

 message is proper and adequate medical 

 care for mothers and babies. These 

 helpful and instructive pamphlets may 

 be obtained for the nominal sum of 25c 

 from the Maternity Center Associa- 

 tion, 370 Seventh Avenue, New York 

 City. 



Biological Facts Underlie Social Questions 



"A better knowledge of the accepted 

 laws of heredity, together with a more 

 complete understanding of the com- 

 parative value and influence of race and 

 education — of nature and nurture — 

 would greatly assist us in solving some 

 of our social questions, while at the 

 same time we would be helped in our 

 future planning for the betterment of 

 the citizenry of coming generations. 

 The time has come to requisition 

 science and draft scientists to help 



us in the great battle for social regenera- 

 tion and racial advancement." 



"The hour has come when the facts 

 of organic evolution and the biologic 

 teachings of modern eugenics should 

 be applied to the great problems of the 

 national administration as relates to 

 immigration, labor and capital, sani- 

 tation, social reforms, the colored race 

 problem., poverty, and the other great 

 cjuestions of national uplift and race 

 betterment."— W. S. Sadler, M.D. 



