THE SUM OF HIS WORK 



of the present work is already familiar, illustrate 

 another aspect of heredity no less interesting; but 

 at the moment we are concerned with the fertile 

 hybrids. 



And these, it may be added, include all the 

 fifty-odd plants described in the catalog, with the 

 three exceptions just noted. 



Without entering into specific details, we may 

 briefly note that the new hybrid plums here listed, 

 and for the most part pictorially shown, were ten 

 in number, involving the racial strains of species 

 from Japan and China, from Europe, and from 

 various regions of America. 



The hybrids among flowers were also given 

 full representation, ten pages of the catalog being 

 devoted to them, and the new varieties named 

 and described including roses, callas, lilies, glad- 

 ioli, a number of forms of clematis, and a new 

 poppy. New types of hybrid seedling potatoes 

 were also listed, and a new form of crossbred 

 tomato, called the Combination. 



The extraordinary Aerial potatoes grown on 

 potato vines grafted on the roots of the tomato; 

 and the no less extraordinary potatoes grown on 

 a stock having an engrafted tomato top are also 

 shown, although merely as curiosities and not as 

 commercial products. 



To complete the summary of the evidence that 



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