HOW MAY I DO IT TOO ;— BREEDING 



of larger facilities for carrying on the experi- 

 ments. 



For those who have large country places 

 and who have ample hothouse facilities, Mr. 

 Burbank recommends, for example, for begin- 

 ning work under glass, begonias, cinerarias and 

 primroses, though there are very many others 

 which may be used. These will, however, give 

 an opportunity for initial practice in breeding 

 and selection likely to bring out satisfactory 

 results. Here, too, he would pick out one 

 plant and stick to it, following it for a number 

 of years if needs be. As the work progresses, 

 one's own judgment will be the better guide 

 as to just how soon to begin work on another 

 flower, though the one first chosen should 

 constitute the major study. 



IVIany opportunities are presented, too, for 

 vegetable -breeding. In passing, it should be 

 borne in mind by those who have a desire to 

 combine thrift with pleasure, that no incon- 

 siderable increase in income to a man or 

 woman of moderate means may come from the 

 creation of new and improved forms of floral 

 and vegetable life. In order, of course, to 

 prepare a new flower or a new vegetable for 



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