﻿G. 
  L. 
  Goodale 
  — 
  Possibilities 
  of 
  Economic 
  Botany. 
  299 
  

  

  But 
  what 
  is 
  needed 
  is 
  this, 
  that 
  the 
  promising 
  plants 
  should 
  

   be 
  systematically 
  investigated 
  under 
  exhaustive 
  conditions. 
  

   It 
  is 
  not 
  enough 
  that 
  an 
  enthusiast 
  here, 
  or 
  an 
  amateur 
  there 
  

   should 
  give 
  a 
  plant 
  a 
  trial 
  under 
  imperfectly 
  understood 
  con- 
  

   ditions, 
  and 
  then 
  report 
  success 
  or 
  failure. 
  The 
  work 
  should 
  

   be 
  thorough 
  and 
  every 
  question 
  answered 
  categorically, 
  so 
  that 
  

   we 
  might 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  possession 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  facts 
  relative 
  to 
  the 
  

   object 
  experimented 
  upon. 
  But 
  such 
  an 
  undertaking 
  requires 
  

   the 
  cooperation 
  of 
  many 
  different 
  agencies. 
  I 
  shall 
  venture 
  

   to 
  mention 
  some 
  of 
  these. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  first 
  place, 
  — 
  Botanic 
  Gardens 
  amply 
  endowed 
  for 
  

   research. 
  The 
  Arnold 
  Arboretum, 
  the 
  Shaw 
  Garden, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Washington 
  Experimental 
  Garden, 
  are 
  American 
  illustrations 
  

   of 
  what 
  is 
  needed 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  University 
  gardens 
  have 
  

   their 
  place 
  in 
  instruction, 
  but 
  cannot 
  wisely 
  undertake 
  this 
  

   kind 
  of 
  work. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  second 
  place, 
  — 
  Museums 
  and 
  Laboratories 
  of 
  Eco- 
  

   nomic 
  Botany. 
  Much 
  good 
  work 
  in 
  this 
  direction 
  has 
  been 
  

   done 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  by 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  

   department 
  in 
  charge 
  33 
  of 
  the 
  investigation 
  of 
  new 
  plants. 
  

   We 
  need 
  institutions 
  like 
  those 
  at 
  Kew 
  in 
  England, 
  and 
  at 
  

   Buitenzorg 
  in 
  Java, 
  which 
  keep 
  in 
  close 
  touch 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  

   world. 
  The 
  founding 
  of 
  an 
  establishment 
  on 
  a 
  scale 
  of 
  mag- 
  

   nitude 
  commensurate 
  with 
  the 
  greatness 
  and 
  needs 
  of 
  our 
  

   country 
  is 
  an 
  undertaking 
  which 
  waits 
  for 
  some 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  

   wealthy 
  men. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  third 
  place, 
  — 
  Experiment 
  Stations. 
  These 
  may, 
  

   within 
  the 
  proper 
  limits 
  of 
  their 
  sphere 
  of 
  action, 
  extend 
  the 
  

   study 
  of 
  plants 
  beyond 
  the 
  established 
  varieties 
  to 
  the 
  species, 
  

   and 
  beyond 
  the 
  species 
  to 
  equivalent 
  species 
  in 
  other 
  genera. 
  

   It 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  regret 
  that 
  so 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  energy 
  displayed 
  

   in 
  these 
  stations 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  and 
  we 
  may 
  say 
  abroad, 
  has 
  

   not 
  been 
  more 
  economically 
  directed. 
  

  

  Great 
  economy 
  of 
  energy 
  must 
  result 
  from 
  the 
  recent 
  

   change 
  by 
  which 
  coordination 
  of 
  action 
  is 
  assured. 
  The 
  

   influence 
  which 
  the 
  stations 
  must 
  exert 
  on 
  the 
  welfare 
  of 
  our 
  

   country, 
  and 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  its 
  resources 
  is 
  incalculable. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  last 
  place, 
  but 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  least, 
  the 
  cooperation 
  of 
  

   all 
  who 
  are 
  interested 
  in 
  scientific 
  matters, 
  through 
  their 
  obser- 
  

   vation 
  of 
  isolated 
  and 
  associated 
  phenomena 
  connected 
  with 
  

   plants 
  of 
  supposed 
  utility, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  such 
  

   plants 
  by 
  private 
  individuals, 
  unconnected 
  with 
  any 
  State, 
  

   governmental, 
  or 
  academic 
  institutions. 
  

  

  By 
  these 
  agencies, 
  wisely 
  directed 
  and 
  energetically 
  em- 
  

   ployed, 
  the 
  domains 
  of 
  commercial 
  and 
  industrial 
  botany, 
  will 
  

   be 
  enlarged. 
  To 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  possible 
  results 
  in 
  these 
  domains, 
  

   I 
  have 
  endeavored 
  to 
  call 
  your 
  attention. 
  

  

  