CHAPTER X 
CERTAIN GENERAL FEATURES 
N a study of Mr. Burbank’s great work one 
is not less amazed at its extent than baffled 
by its variety. His approach to Nature lies 
through many avenues;—it is a source of 
never-ending surprise to see how completely 
he commands these avenues while steadily 
opening others. 
In this chapter it is proposed to touch upon 
some of the many experiments which may not 
be incorporated in this volume as individual 
chapters because of the limitations of space, 
though in them may be found ample material 
for such chapters. 
Roses have long held high favor with Mr. 
Burbank, both because of his love for the 
flower itself and because of its possibilities in 
the way of increase in size, enrichment of 
color and odor, and in the adaptation of 
certain roses, highly prized but confined to a 
restricted zone of cultivation, so that they 
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