THE CREATION OF NEW TREES 
manifest, looking toward the preservation of 
forests and the rapid re-foresting of denuded 
areas, as well as from the purely economic 
point of view, looking to the creation of new 
types of trees better than the old and bringing 
the old up to a higher standard of efficiency, 
Mr. Burbank’s work in tree-breeding is of 
commanding importance. In itself it is quite 
sufficient to have made the reputation of any 
plant-breeder in the world. 
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