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 the author's well-known
originality and independence of thought. Incidentally, there is stated
much that will be valuable and suggestive to the working horticulturist,
as well as to the man or woman impelled by a love of nature to
horticultural pursuits. It may well be called, indeed, a philosophy of
horticulture, in which all interested may find inspiration and
instruction.
THE SURVIVAL OF THE UNLIKE comprises thirty essays touching
upon The General Fact and Philosophy of Evolution (The Plant
Individual, Experimental Evolution, Coxey's Army and the
Russian Thistle, Recent Progress, etc.); Expounding the Fact
and Causes of Variation (The Supposed Correlations of Quality
in Fruits, Natural History of Synonyms, Reflective
Impressions, Relation of Seed-bearing to Cultivation,
Variation after Birth, Relation between American and Eastern
Asian Fruits, Horticultural Geography, Problems of Climate and
Plants, American Fruits, Acclimatization, Sex in Fruits,
Novelties, Promising Varieties, etc.); and Tracing the
Evolution of Particular Types of Plants (the Cultivated
Strawberry, Battle of the Plums, Grapes, Progress of the
Carnation, Petunia, The Garden Tomato, etc.).
THE EVOLUTION OF OUR NATIVE FRUITS. By L. H. BAILEY, Professor of
Horticulture in the Cornell University.