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  L. 
  Goodale 
  — 
  Possibilities 
  of 
  Economic 
  Botany. 
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  esting 
  to 
  note, 
  too, 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  most 
  modern 
  antisep- 
  

   tics 
  were 
  important 
  constituents 
  in 
  the 
  balsamic 
  vulneraries 
  of 
  

   the 
  earliest 
  surgery. 
  

  

  IX. 
  Florists' 
  Plants. 
  

  

  Florists' 
  plants 
  and 
  the 
  floral 
  fashions 
  of 
  the 
  future 
  consti- 
  

   tute 
  an 
  engaging 
  subject 
  which 
  we 
  can 
  touch 
  only 
  lightly. 
  It 
  

   is 
  reasonably 
  clear 
  that 
  while 
  the 
  old 
  favorite 
  species 
  will 
  hold 
  

   their 
  ground 
  in 
  the 
  guise 
  of 
  improved 
  varieties, 
  the 
  new 
  

   introductions 
  will 
  come 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  plants 
  with 
  flowering 
  

   branches 
  which 
  retain 
  their 
  blossoms 
  for 
  a 
  somewhat 
  long 
  

   period, 
  and 
  especially 
  those 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  flowers 
  precede 
  the 
  

   leaves. 
  In 
  short 
  the 
  next 
  real 
  fashion 
  in 
  our 
  gardens 
  is 
  proba- 
  

   bly 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  flowering 
  shrub 
  and 
  flowering 
  tree, 
  like 
  those 
  

   which 
  are 
  such 
  favorites 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  West- 
  

   ern 
  world 
  has 
  gladly 
  taken 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  the 
  Chrysanthemum. 
  29 
  

  

  Twice 
  each 
  year 
  of 
  late, 
  a 
  reception 
  has 
  been 
  held 
  by 
  the 
  

   Emperor 
  and 
  Empress 
  of 
  Japan. 
  The 
  receptions 
  are 
  in 
  

   autumn 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  That 
  in 
  the 
  autumn, 
  popularly 
  

   known 
  as 
  the 
  Emperor's 
  reception, 
  has 
  for 
  its 
  floral 
  decorations 
  

   the 
  myriad 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  national 
  flower, 
  the 
  chrysanthemum 
  ; 
  

   that 
  which 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  spring, 
  the 
  Empress' 
  reception, 
  comes 
  

   when 
  the 
  cherry 
  blossoms 
  are 
  at 
  their 
  best. 
  One 
  has 
  little 
  

   idea 
  of 
  the 
  wealth 
  of 
  beauty 
  in 
  masses 
  of 
  flowering 
  shrubs 
  

   and 
  trees, 
  until 
  he 
  has 
  seen 
  the 
  floral 
  displays 
  in 
  the 
  Imperial 
  

   Gardens 
  and 
  the 
  Temple 
  grounds 
  in 
  Tokio. 
  

  

  To 
  Japan 
  29 
  and 
  China 
  also, 
  we 
  are 
  indebted 
  for 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  

   choicest 
  plants 
  of 
  our 
  gardens, 
  but 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  species 
  is 
  by 
  

   no 
  means 
  exhausted. 
  By 
  far 
  the 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  desira- 
  

   ble 
  plants 
  have 
  already 
  found 
  their 
  way 
  into 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  culti- 
  

   vators, 
  but 
  often 
  under 
  conditions 
  which 
  have 
  restricted 
  their 
  

   dissemination 
  through 
  the 
  flower-loving 
  community. 
  There 
  

   are 
  many 
  which 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  widely 
  known, 
  especially 
  the 
  

   fascinating 
  dwarf 
  shrubs 
  and 
  dwarf 
  trees 
  of 
  the 
  far 
  East, 
  

   which 
  are 
  sure 
  to 
  find 
  sooner 
  or 
  later 
  a 
  warm 
  welcome 
  among 
  

   us. 
  

  

  X. 
  Forage 
  Plants. 
  

  

  Xext 
  to 
  the 
  food 
  plants 
  for 
  man, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  single 
  class 
  of 
  

   commercial 
  plants 
  of 
  greater 
  interest 
  than 
  the 
  food-plants 
  for 
  

   flocks 
  and 
  herds. 
  Forage 
  plants, 
  wild 
  and 
  cultivated, 
  are 
  

   among 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  and 
  highly 
  valued 
  resources 
  of 
  vast 
  

   areas. 
  ~No 
  single 
  question 
  is 
  of 
  more 
  vital 
  consequence 
  to 
  our 
  

   farthest 
  west 
  and 
  southwest. 
  

  

  It 
  so 
  happens 
  that 
  the 
  plants 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  pastoralist 
  relies 
  

   grow 
  or 
  are 
  grown 
  on 
  soil 
  of 
  inferior 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  agriculturist. 
  

   Even 
  soil 
  which 
  is 
  almost 
  sterile 
  may 
  possess 
  vegetation 
  on 
  

   which 
  flocks 
  and 
  herds 
  may 
  graze, 
  and, 
  further, 
  these 
  animals 
  

   may 
  thrive 
  in 
  districts 
  where 
  the 
  vegetation 
  appears 
  at 
  first 
  

  

  