NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 
manufacturer was deeply interested, also, in 
the fact that through breeding and selection 
the odor in a given flower may be doubled, or 
even quadrupled, as well as improved in 
quality. 
Some perfumes of much commercial value, 
as well as of intense pleasure to those who use 
them, are manufactured wholly from the 
leaves of plants, and the possibilities in this 
direction are seen in the new tree which 
Mr. Burbank has created, the fast-growing 
walnut referred to in a preceding chapter. 
The leaves of this tree, which are very abun- 
dant, have a most delightful fragrance. While 
the wood of the tree will furnish fuel and 
material for furniture manufacture in greater 
abundance, considering time of growth, than 
any other tree outside the tropics, the leaves 
may be made available for the production of 
a rare perfume,—a commercial combination 
at once distinctive and of far-reaching sig- 
nificance. 
With facilities in the way of climate and 
soil such as no other nation possesses, and 
with a native stock to work upon through the 
labor of Mr. Burbank, unlike anything before 
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