﻿G. 
  L. 
  Goodale 
  — 
  Possibilities 
  of 
  Economic 
  Botany. 
  289 
  

  

  mentioned 
  must 
  be 
  propagated 
  by 
  bud 
  division, 
  and 
  be 
  open 
  

   to 
  the 
  tendency 
  to 
  diminished 
  strength 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  conse- 
  

   quence 
  of 
  continued 
  bud-propagation. 
  But 
  this 
  bridge 
  need 
  

   not 
  be 
  crossed 
  until 
  we 
  come 
  to 
  it. 
  Bananas 
  have 
  been 
  per- 
  

   petuated 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  for 
  many 
  centuries, 
  and 
  pineapples 
  since 
  

   the 
  discovery 
  of 
  America, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  borrowed 
  trouble 
  alluded 
  

   to 
  is 
  not 
  threatening. 
  First 
  we 
  must 
  catch 
  our 
  seedless 
  fruits. 
  

  

  Which 
  of 
  our 
  wild 
  fruits 
  are 
  promising 
  subjects 
  for 
  selec- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  cultivation 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Crozier 
  of 
  Michigan 
  has 
  pointed 
  out 
  26 
  the 
  direction 
  in 
  

   which 
  this 
  research 
  may 
  prove 
  most 
  profitable. 
  He 
  enumer- 
  

   ates 
  many 
  of 
  our 
  small 
  fruits 
  and 
  nuts 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  improved. 
  

  

  Another 
  of 
  our 
  most 
  careful 
  and 
  successful 
  horticulturists 
  

   believes 
  that 
  the 
  common 
  blueberry 
  and 
  its 
  allies 
  are 
  very 
  

   suitable 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  and 
  offer 
  good 
  material 
  for 
  experi- 
  

   menting. 
  The 
  sugar-plum, 
  or 
  so-called 
  shadbush, 
  has 
  been 
  im- 
  

   proved 
  in 
  many 
  particulars, 
  and 
  others 
  can 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  this 
  

   list. 
  

  

  But 
  again 
  we 
  turn 
  very 
  naturally 
  to 
  Japan, 
  the 
  country 
  from 
  

   which 
  our 
  gardens 
  have 
  received 
  many 
  treasures. 
  Referring 
  

   once 
  more 
  to 
  Professor 
  G-eorgeson's 
  studies, 
  27 
  we 
  must 
  mention 
  

   the 
  varieties 
  of 
  Japanese 
  apples, 
  pears, 
  peaches, 
  plums, 
  cherries 
  

   and 
  persimmons. 
  The 
  persimmons 
  are 
  already 
  well-known 
  in 
  

   some 
  parts 
  of 
  our 
  country, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  " 
  kaki 
  " 
  and 
  they 
  

   will 
  doubtless 
  make 
  rapid 
  progress 
  in 
  popular 
  favor. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  less 
  familiar 
  : 
  Actinidia 
  arguta 
  and 
  

   volubilis, 
  with 
  delicious 
  berries 
  ; 
  

  

  Stauntonia, 
  an 
  evergreeen 
  vine 
  yielding 
  a 
  palatable 
  fruit 
  ; 
  

  

  Myrica 
  rubra, 
  a 
  small 
  tree 
  with 
  an 
  acidulous 
  juicy 
  fruit 
  ; 
  

  

  ElcBagnus 
  umbellata, 
  with 
  berries 
  for 
  preserves. 
  

  

  The 
  active 
  and 
  discriminating 
  horticultural 
  journals 
  in 
  

   America 
  and 
  Europe 
  are 
  alive 
  to 
  the 
  possibilities 
  of 
  new 
  Jap- 
  

   anese 
  fruits, 
  and 
  it 
  cannot 
  be 
  very 
  long 
  before 
  our 
  list 
  is 
  con- 
  

   siderably 
  increased. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  absolutely 
  necessary 
  to 
  recollect 
  that 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  

   variations 
  are 
  slight. 
  Dr. 
  Masters 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Darwin 
  have 
  called 
  

   attention 
  to 
  this 
  and 
  have 
  adduced 
  many 
  illustrations, 
  all 
  of 
  

   which 
  show 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  extreme 
  patience 
  and 
  caution. 
  

   The 
  general 
  student 
  curious 
  in 
  such 
  matters 
  can 
  have 
  hardly 
  

   any 
  task 
  more 
  instructive 
  than 
  the 
  detection 
  of 
  the 
  variations 
  

   in 
  such 
  common 
  plants 
  as 
  the 
  blueberry, 
  the 
  wild 
  cherry, 
  or 
  

   the 
  like. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  excellent 
  preparation 
  for 
  a 
  practical 
  study 
  

   of 
  the 
  variations 
  in 
  our 
  wild 
  fruits 
  suitable 
  for 
  selection. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  held 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  Gray 
  that 
  the 
  variations 
  in 
  nature 
  

   by 
  which 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  evolved 
  were 
  led 
  along 
  useful 
  

   lines, 
  a 
  view 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Darwin 
  regretted 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  enter- 
  

   tain. 
  However 
  this 
  may 
  be, 
  all 
  acknowledge 
  that 
  by 
  the 
  hand 
  

  

  