igin and development of the fruits
peculiar to North America are inquired into, and the personality of those
horticultural pioneers whose almost forgotten labors have given us our
most valuable fruits is touched upon. There has been careful research into
the history of the various fruits, including inspection of the records of
the great European botanists who have given attention to American economic
botany. The conclusions reached, the information presented, and the
suggestions as to future developments, cannot but be valuable to any
thoughtful fruit-grower, while the terse style of the author is at its
best in his treatment of the subject.

THE EVOLUTION OF OUR NATIVE FRUITS discusses The Rise of the American
Grape (North America a Natural Vineland, Attempts to Cultivate the
European Grape, The Experiments of the Dufours, The Branch of Promise,
John Adlum and the Catawba, Rise of Commercial Viticulture, Why Did the
Early Vine Experiments Fail? Synopsis of the American Grapes); The Strange
History of the Mulberries (The Early Silk Industry, The "Multicaulis
Craze,"); Evolution of American Plums and Cherries (Native Plums in
General, The Chickasaw, Hortulana, Marianna and Beach Plum Groups, Pacific
Coast Plum, Various Other Types of Plums, Native Cherries, Dwarf Cherry
Group); Native Apples (Indigenous Species, Amelioration has begun); Origin
of American Raspberry-growing (Early American History, Present Types,
Outlying Types); Evolution of Blackberry and Dewberry Culture (The
High-bush Blackberry and Its Kin, The Dewberries, Botanical Names);
Various Types of Berry-like Fruits (The Gooseberry, Native Currants,
Juneberry, Buffalo Berry, Elderberry, High-bush Cranberry, Cranberry,
Strawberry); Various Types of Tree Fruits (Persimmon, Custard-Apple Tribe,
Thorn-Apples, Nut-Fruits); General Remarks on the Improvement of our
Native Fruits (What Has Been Done, What Probably Should Be Done).

THE SURVIVAL OF THE UNLIKE:

A Collection of Evolution Essays Suggested by the Study of Domestic
Plants. By L. H. BAILEY, Professor of Horticulture in the Cornell
University.

*THIRD EDITION--515 PAGES--22 ILLUSTRATIONS--$2.00*

To those interested in the underlying philosophy of plant life, this
volume, written in a most entertaining style, and fully illustrated, will
prove welcome. It treats of the modification of plants under cultivation
upon the evolution theory, and its attitude on this interesting subject is
characterized by t