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given; a picture that has peculiar interest now 

 in view of the subsequent development of the 

 plumcot. Mention is also made of the crossbred 

 tigridias, new cannas, arums, amaryllis, bro- 

 diseas, aquilegias, and asters, and a multitude of 

 other things not yet near enough to perfection 

 to merit a special description. These were to 

 appear in later catalogues. 



A Summary of Conclusions 



The list of "New Creations" thus briefly sum- 

 marized occupies fifty pages. 



There follows a concluding section under the 

 heading "Facts and Possibilities" that sum- 

 marizes the work and that may be worth quot- 

 ing here for its historical interest. The general 

 attitude of the experimenter toward his work in 

 both its theoretical and its practical bearings is 

 rather clearly outlined in the summary conclud- 

 ing a catalogue which so high an authority as 

 Professor Hugo de Vries has seen fit to describe 

 as of an epoch-making character: 



"There is no possible room for doubt that 

 every form of plant life existing on the earth is 

 now being and has always been modified, more 

 or less, by its surroundings, and often rapidly 

 and permanently changed, never to return to the 

 same form. 



