PLANNING A NEW PLANT 



THE FIRST STEPS IN PRACTICAL 

 WORK 



WITH many examples of the actual work 

 before us, let us now proceed to investi- 

 gate some of the interesting details of 

 the methods, treating the subjects of pollination, 

 grafting, plant affinities, fixing traits, selection, 

 and spreading before us all of the processes which 

 have been employed in more than 100,000 sepa- 

 rate experiments. 



The purpose has been to lead the reader, by 

 easy and interesting stages, up to a point where 

 a delineation of the actual processes may be most 

 readily grasped. This will complete the consid- 

 eration of general methods and, with the two 

 preceding descriptions, give us a more intelligent 

 survey of the work. 



Some one has said that an artist is a man who 

 can see the picture in the landscape. 



In similar fashion it may be said that a success- 

 ful plant experimenter is one who can see new 



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