HOW MAY I DO IT TO0O;—BREEDING 
of larger facilities for carrying on the experi- 
ments. 
For those who have large country places 
and who have ample hothouse facilities, Mr. 
Burbank recommends, for example, for begin- 
ning work under glass, begonias, cinerarias and 
primroses, though there are very many others 
which may be used. These will, however, give 
an opportunity for initial practice in breeding 
and selection likely to bring out satisfactory 
results. Here, too, he would pick out one 
plant and stick to it, following it for a number 
of years if needs be. As the work progresses, 
one’s own judgment will be the better guide 
as to just how soon to begin work on another 
flower, though the one first chosen should 
constitute the major study. 
Many opportunities are presented, too, for 
vegetable-breeding. In passing, it should be 
borne in mind by those who have a desire to 
combine thrift with pleasure, that no incon- 
siderable increase in income to a man or 
woman of moderate means may come from the 
creation of new and improved forms of floral 
and vegetable life. In order, of course, to 
prepare a new flower or a new vegetable for 
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