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ena)," and Some Interrelations of Climatology 'and Horticul- 

 ture "; Are American Fruits Best Adapted to American Conditions? ; 

 Acclimatization : Does it Occur ? ; On. the Longevity of Apple 

 Trees ; Sex in Fruits ; Are Novelties Worth their Cost ? ; Why 

 do Promising Varieties Fail ? ; Reflections upon the Longevity of 

 Varieties, comprising "Do Varieties Run Out ?" "Are the Varieties 

 of Orchard Fruits Running Out?" "Studies in the Longevity of 

 the Varieties of Tomatoes"; Whence Came the Cultivated Straw- 

 berry?; The Battle of the Plums; The Evolution of American 

 Grapes ; The Progress of the Carnation, comprising "Types and 

 Tendencies in the Carnation," "John Thorpe's Ideal Carnation," 

 and "Border Carnations"; Evolution of the Petunia ; The Amelio- 

 ration of the Garden Tomato, comprising The Origin of the 

 Tomato from a Morphological Standpoint," "History of the Trophy 

 Tomato," "The Probable Course of Evolution of the Tomato," and 

 " Direction of Contemporaneous Improvement of the Tomato " ; 

 Glossary. 



"Whatever Professor Bailey writes is interesting reading. He has the rare 

 gift of an entertaining style, and what he writes people want to read. All his 

 previous books have been widely read, and this will prove no exception to the 

 well-established rule. The secret of this popularity, if there be any secret about 

 it, is that when he writes he has something new to say, something based 

 upon experiences and observations. These are by no means all his own, for 

 he has the ability to see with the eyes of other people, as well as with his 

 own. He is thus able to bring into his pages a rich mass of new matter, which 

 gives them aditional interest and value." PROFESSOR O. E. BESSEY, 



University of Nebraska, in "Science." 



***A companion volume to "The Survival of the Unlike," 

 beautifully illustrated, may be expected soon: 



THE EVOLUTION OF OUR NATIVE FRUITS. 



The same author has also on the press a 



HIGH-SCHOOL BOTANY 



(Illustrated by Holdsworth), and constructed upon a wholly new 

 plan. 



We also beg to announce that Professor Bailey has con- 

 sented to undertake the editorial oversight of an 



ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN HORTICULTURE, 



to be published in three large illustrated volumes, dated 1900. 

 It is to contain signed articles by specialists, arranged alphabet- 

 ically by subjects, on horticulture in its widest sense, including 

 Fruit -Growing, Flower and Vegetable Gardening, Greenhouse 

 Matters, Ornamental Gardening, the Botany of Cultivated Plants, 

 Bibliographies, Biographies, etc. 



THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, 



66 Fifth Avenue. NEW YORK. 



