THE SURVIVAL OF 

 THE UNLIKE 



A Collection of Evolution Essays Suggested by the 

 Study of Domestic Plants 



By L. H. BAILEY 



Professor of Horticulture in Cornell University 



515 Pages. 39 Illustiiatioms. $3.00 



To those interested in the underlying philosophy of plant life, 

 this volume, written in a most entertaining style, and fully illus- 

 trated, will prove welcome. It treats of the modification of plants 

 under cultivation upon the evolution theory, and its attitude on 

 this interesting subject is characterized by the author's well- 

 known originality and independence of thought. Incidentally, 

 there is stated much that will be valuable and suggestive to the 

 woi ng horticulturist, as well as to the man or woman impelled 

 by a love of nature to horticultural pursuits. It may well be called, 

 indeed, a philosophy of horticulture, in which all interested may 

 find inspiration and instruction. 



The Survival of the Unlike comprises thirty essays touch- 

 ing upon The General Fact and Philosophy of Evolution (The Plant 

 Individual Experimental Evolution, Coxey's Army and the Russian 

 Thistle, Recent Progress, etc.); Expounding the Fact and Causes 

 of Variation (The Supposed Correlations of Quality in Fruits, 

 Natural History of Synonyms, Reflective Impressions, Relation 

 of Seed-bearing to Cultivation, Variation after Birth, Relation be- 

 tween American and Eastern Asian Fruits, Horticultural Geogra- 

 phy, Problems of Climate and Plants, American Fruits, Acclima- 

 tization, Sex in Fruits, Novelties, Promising Varieties, etc. ); and 

 Tracing the Evolution of Particular Types of Plants (the cultivated 

 Strawberry, Battle of the Plums, Grapes, Progress of the Carna- 

 tion, Petunia, The Garden Tomato, etc.). 



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