NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 



a work. As will be shown in a succeeding 

 chapter, Mr. Burbank has by no means been 

 lacking in the matter of general scientific 

 record, but the new arrangements will give 

 opportunity for the registering of much that 

 should be preserved for the benefit of others. 

 Microscopic and photo-microscopic work, as 

 well as elaborate recording of the details in 

 the life history of plants under test, will be 

 followed with the utmost care. Funds will be 

 provided for this and for the necessary atten- 

 dant expense in equipment and salaries. It was 

 utterly out of the question for Mr. Burbank 

 to prepare such elaborate data as will now be 

 of record, greatly as he desired it, though it 

 will appear in the description of his novel plan 

 books that he has never for a moment lost 

 sight of the absolute necessity of fundamental 

 records. 



As the work progresses through the years, 

 there will be publication of the data compiled 

 and set in order by trained men. Elaborate 

 photographic records, aside from micro-photo- 

 graphic ones, will give charm as well as 

 definiteness in preserving the larger events in 

 the life history of fruits and flowers. The only 



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