Foreword to Volume II 



Having, now, a broad general understanding 

 of the work — of the underlying principles, of the 

 methods involved, and of the possibilities — let us 

 listen to Mr. Burbank as he tells us just how he 

 produced nine of his most striking transformations. 



There are many Burbank productions which 

 may be rated as much more important to the 

 world than those treated in this volume; but 

 these have been selected because they reflect, 

 better than others, the various ways in which his 

 methods have been combined to produce final, 

 fixed results; thus serving to give the reader a 

 complete exposition of working detail in the 

 smallest possible space. 



In this volume, then, we have Mr. Burbank's 

 own fascinating story, for the first time told, of 

 the exact steps which he took in producing a 

 number of widely different plant transformations; 

 together with many of his own observations on 

 life — plant, animal and human — from which we 

 gain a new insight into the relation between his 

 viewpoint and those of other workers in the same 

 and parallel lines. 



THE EDITORS. 



