NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 



manufacturer was deeply interested, also, in 

 the fact that through breeding and selection 

 the odor in a given flower may be doubled, or 

 even quadrupled, as well as improved in 

 quality. 



Some perfumes of much commercial value, 

 as well as of intense pleasure to those who use 

 them, are manufactured wholly from the 

 leaves of plants, and the possibilities in this 

 direction are seen in the new tree which 

 Mr. Burbank has created, the fast -growing 

 walnut referred to in a preceding chapter. 

 The leaves of this tree, which are very abun- 

 dant, have a most delightful fragrance. While 

 the wood of the tree will furnish fuel and 

 material for furniture manufacture in greater 

 abundance, considering time of growth, than 

 any other tree outside the tropics, the leaves 

 may be made available for the production of 

 a rare perfume, — a commercial combination 

 at once distinctive and of far-reaching sig- 

 nificance. 



With facilities in the way of climate and 

 soil such as no other nation possesses, and 

 with a native stock to work upon through the 

 labor of Mr. Burbank, unlike anything before 



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