Foreword to Volume III 



With many examples of the actual work before 

 us, Mr. Burbank now takes us into the interesting 

 detail of method itself, treating the subjects of 

 poUenation, grafting, plant affinities, fixing traits, 

 selection, and spreading before us all of the 

 processes which he has employed in his more than 

 100,000 separate 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, the third book, completes 

 the consideration of general method, and with the 

 two preceding volumes gives us an intelligent 

 survey of Mr. Burbank's work. 



THE EDITORS. 



