The Damsons 



THE BULLACK 

 Sometimes called PRUNUS INSITITIA, but evidently a Damson 



group is a group by itself, though closely related to 

 the Americanas. The two cases are parallel. 



The Damsons have a long history. They have 

 been known and recorded ever since botany had a 

 record. The presumption is in favor of the common 

 theory that they are the progenitors of the whole race 

 of Domesticas. This presumption gains color from 

 two facts; first, that Damsons are to-day found grow- 



