80 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
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Otaheitie Apple (Spondias duleis.):—Commonly has no seeds where ee 
p- 179), and Firminger (Gard. in India, p. 234) says he is told that the see 
never germinate, and young plants are usually obtained by graftings on ks 
lings of other species : 
eeu Fiibn’(Qutieies speciosa):—Generally devoid of seed (Humboldt); ” 
most instances the seed is abortive (Seemann); is extremely prolific, bearing ps 
crops a year, sometimes more, and one season all seedless fruits are produc re 
and the other season only seeded frnits; the seedless fruits are highly appre? 
ated (Prestoe); it nowhere grows wild, but has been cultivated by the Indians 
from time immemorial (Bates). 
Pear :— Second crop pears are invariably seedless (R. Manning) and there 
is a seedless variety ; many varieties have seed usually abortive, - n 
Persimmon :—Seedless fruits and fruit with diminished seed reported by a 
with whom I have talked who have lived in the region of their best growth. 
See also T. Meehan’s testimony in March Borantcan GAZETTE. 
Pineapple :—A seedless fruit. al 
Pistacia:—At Cabul is on record as having one year perfect fruit, the next 
a seedless fruit. : 
Pomegranate :—Seed less varieties and those with diminished seed mentioned 
by writers, and cuttings from a seedless form distributed from the U. S. Patent 
Office in 1860 
proved, so far as I have observed, and a variety called “Seedless” is described 
by Burr as containing but few seeds. 
less Fruits,” is usually ac- 
in quality. It is therefore quite logical to assume 
it, very variable, and varying in a direction mor 
he plant, that this plant has obtained its variable 
property from a sometime human interference, 
Has not the doctrine of evolut 
thought to justify an attempt at in 
Tribute to Dr. 
indicative of the appreciation of the high scientific and personal character of 
Engelmann,—The following preamble and resolutions, 
