New Creations in Plant Life 
CHAPTER 1 
LUTHER BURBANK, THE MAN 
UTHER BURBANK, of whose life, 
achievements and methods this book is 
to treat, is the foremost plant-breeder in the 
world. Over two thousand five hundred dis- 
tinct species are in the list of the plants upon 
which he has worked, embracing a large and 
comprehensive field of operations. He has 
also produced more new forms of plant life 
than any other man, and has exerted a 
unique and powerful influence. 
These new forms of plant life may be 
brought into two classes,—those which have 
added to the wealth of nations and enriched 
the dietary of the race,—as new and improved 
nuts, fruits and vegetables; and those which 
have made the world more beautiful,—the new 
and improved forms of flowers. 
Without a university training and with only 
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