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commercial aspects of horticulture can be adequately under- 

 stood and their tendencies determined only through a study 

 of past developments ; and whatever scientific deductions 

 are to be drawn for our guidance in the increasing compe- 

 titions and complexities of the time must be made in the full 

 light of the evolution of cultivated plants. The time has 

 come when philosophical and reflective study of horticulture 



culture seem to be directed almost wholly to the immediate 

 and so-called practical problems, most of which, at best, are 

 temporary. 



L. H. BAILEY. 



Ithaca, N. Y. 



