CHAPTER VI. 



NEW CREATIONS 



THE ever-widening demands of agriculture, together with 

 the daring ambitions of men stimulated by their own 

 past achievements and the success of their fellows in other 

 lines of human activity, have induced demands for new prod- 

 ucts in the plant world, and, one after another, these are heed- 

 ing the voice of their masters and coming forth from the 

 hidden recesses of Nature where hitherto, from the beginning 

 of time, they have successfully concealed themselves from the 

 eyes of men. The white blackberry, the cactus fruit, the seed- 

 less apple, the pitless plum, the citrange, the pomato, the 

 tangelo these and other wonderful human creations are al- 

 ready accomplished facts, the prophecy and the assurance of 

 still more wonderful things yet to be revealed. The jugglers 

 and prestidigitateurs of the natural forces in the realm of 

 agriculture are unwilling that anything should escape their 

 manipulation. They seek to subject to human control the 

 size and shape, the color and odor, the hardihood and 

 fecundity, the general appearance and the inherent qualities 

 of trees, grasses and grains; leaves, flowers and fruits. 



In the animal world but few new species have been pro- 

 duced by human intelligence, the mule being the most 

 noted, though the possibility of such productions must have 

 been recognized from the earliest times. With animals 

 and their immense improvement by breeding we arc, how- 

 ever, not now concerned. The sexuality of plants, while un- 



