THE SUM OF HIS WORK 



arranged in groups of three and others in groups 

 of five — these were matters that caught the eye 

 even of the amateur, and, as a matter of course, 

 excited the interest of the professional student of 

 plants. 



Equally striking were the full page reproduc- 

 tions of photographs showing various stems of the 

 hybrid raspberries and blackberries, some of them 

 slender and frail, others coarse and rugged; some 

 almost thornless, and others bristling with spicules 

 or studded with threatening spikes. The diversity 

 of color among these stalks was clearly suggested 

 by the half-tones, and the legend beneath one of 

 them stated that "the colors vary from snow white, 

 through lemon yellow, orange, scarlet, crimson, 

 purple, light and dark blue and brown to black." 



That such diversities of leaf and stem could be 

 brought about by hybridization was a fact that 

 could scarcely fail to command the attention of 

 the practical orchardist, and to raise questions in 

 his mind as to whether there were any limits to 

 the possibilities of the new method of plant devel- 

 opment. 



At all events, it was obvious enough that, quite 

 aside from the interesting questions suggested by 

 the hybrid leaves and vines, here were numerous 

 new varieties of fruits and flowers — more than fifty 

 of them specifically named or numbered — shaving 



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