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THE SURVIVAL OF THE UNLIKE-Contiimed. 



'-ting the evolution of plants, and particularly of their modi- 

 fication under cultivation. It is the most thorough discussion of 

 the running-out of varieties, acclimatization, and the like. It is. 

 in fact, the only book which can be called a philosophy of horti- 

 culture. It comprises thirty essays, as follows: The Survival of 

 tln> Unlike : Neo-Lamarekism and Neo-Darwinism; The Plant 

 Individual in the Light of Evolution, or The Philosophy of Bud- 

 Yariation, and its Bearing upon Weismannisrn ; Experimental 

 Evolution amongst Plants ; Van Mons and Knight, and the Pro- 

 duction of Varieties ; Some Bearings of the Evolution-Teaching 

 upon Plant-Cultivation; Why Have our Enemies Increased?-. 

 .-'s Army and the Russian Thistle, or a Sketch of the Philos- 

 ophy" of Weediness ; Recent Progress in American Horticulture; 

 ( in 'the Supposed Correlations of Quality in Fruits; The Natural 

 History of Synonyms; Reflective Impressions of the Nursery 

 Business ; The Relation of Seed-Bearing to Cultivation ; Variation 

 after Birth ; A Pomological Alliance ; Sketch of the Relationship 

 1 iet \veen American and Eastern Asian Fruits; Horticultural Geo- 

 graphy ; Some Emphatic Problems of Climate and Plants, Com- 

 prising "Speculative Notes upon Phenology (the Physiological 

 Constant, and the Cliniatal Modification of Phenological Phenom- 

 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. J" "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 

 (rapes ; The Progress of the Carnation, comprising "Types and 

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

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

 ration of the. (Jarden 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"; 



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

 ,'ift of an entertaining style, and what, lie writes people want to read. All hi* 

 - hooks have been widely read, and this will prove no exception to the, 

 .veil-established rule. The se.-ret of this popularity, if there be any secret about 

 t, is that when he writes In- has something n-\v to Bay, something based 

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

 10 has the ability to see with the eyes of other people, as well as with bis 

 >wn. Hi- is thus able to briny into his payes a rich nia-s of ne\v mai ter, which 

 ,'ives them aditional interest and value." I'KOKKSsoit ('. K. I'.KSSKY, 



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