PERSONALITY OF PLANTS 
fifty thousand specimens of’seeds and plant cut- 
tings. Some of the successful immigrants 
have been Feterita (from Egypt), Sudan 
Grass, Bamboo and Alfalfa. New Zealand has 
yielded new types of Potatoes. Dwarf Almonds 
and strange Cherries and Apricots have come 
from Turkestan. All these have proven of 
commercial importance, as has Durum Russian 
Wheat, credited with opening up new areas 
in the Northwest, and the Navel Orange from 
Brazil which has created for itself a California 
industry covering thirty thousand acres and 
valued at fifteen million dollars per annum. 
Painstaking and scientific methods are best 
when man attempts to aid Nature in her evolu- 
tionary processes, especially when they are in 
connection with the migration and distribution 
of plants. 
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