HOW MAY I DO IT T0OO;—BREEDING 
lays special stress upon this,—to save only one 
and that the very best of all; no matter if 
there be a hundred plants or a thousand, save 
only the very best. 
Naturally one who has been long expert at 
the work will be able easily to choose a good 
many plants of relatively the same value in 
order to secure quicker results as a test pro- 
ceeds; but, even then, when the final test of 
all comes, there must remain but one as the 
basis of the world’s stock. 
So on and on from year to year the work 
should go, the best plant of each succeeding 
generation approaching nearer the end sought 
until, at last, a flower is produced which 
reaches, which may indeed surpass, the model 
set before the mind. 
One may have, for example, a certain variety 
of sweet peas which are not exactly to one’s 
liking,—make them over to suit you. If the 
stems are too long, shorten them. If they are 
too short, lengthen them. If the blossom is 
not large enough, make it larger. If the color 
is pink and you want it red, teach it to take on 
the crimson hue. Pick out beforehand, is Mr. 
Burbank’s advice, the particular improvement 
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