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grow the yucca in those parts of this country or in Europe where 
seed is not produced. The cocoons will be best sent in early 
spring and should be buried three or four inches beneath the soil 
at the foot of the plant. 
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PREHISTORIC Races oF THE UNITED States.*— Had the so-called 
Indian never existed in North America, it would, we think, have 
been a more satisfactory undertaking to endeavor to solve, from 
existing data, the mystery of that forgotten people of this conti- 
nent, now known as ‘“‘ Mound-builders.” Careful as one may be, 
it is impossible to avoid uniting the traces of the two people, 
especially when describing stone implements, while professedly 
treating of but one of these races. Even among the many relics 
of the redman found in the Atlantic states, there are frequently 
gathered single specimens, that seem applicable to the mound- 
builder rather than to the Indian; so, judging from relics of this 
character only, there seems to be a closer tie between the two 
peoples than the learned author of the volume before us is 
disposed to admit. Such is the impression made by a careful 
perusal of that portion of the work which describes the stone 
implements found in and near the earthworks referabie to the 
mound-builders; and it is the copper weapons and pottery that 
distinguish this people, studied only by the smaller relics that are 
found ; for no stone implement occurs in the mounds, or is other- 
wise assignable to the mound-builders, that is not also cbaracter- 
istic of Indian “ finds.” When, on the other hand, we familiarize 
ourselves with the wonderful mounds, for temple sites, for sacrifice 
and sepulture, and with the long lines of an enclosure for defence 
and other purposes, then indeed, we see abundant reason for 
drawing the lines between the people who erected them and the 
ruder redmen; and admitting that “a broad chasm is to be 
spanned before we can link the mound-builders to the North 
American Indians.” 
* Prehistoric Races of the United States of America. By the late J. W. Foster, 
LL.D. Chicago, S. C. Griggs and Co. 8vo, cloth. pp. 415. Illustrated. 
