NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 
a work. As will be shown in a succeeding 
chapter, Mr. Burbank has by no means been 
lacking in the matter of general scientific 
record, but the new arrangements will give 
opportunity for the registering of much that 
should be preserved for the benefit of others. 
Microscopic and photo-microscopic work, as 
well as elaborate recording of the details in 
the life history of plants under test, will be 
followed with the utmost care. Funds will be 
provided for this and for the necessary atten- 
dant expense in equipment and salaries. It was 
utterly out of the question for Mr. Burbank 
to prepare such elaborate data as will now be 
of record, greatly as he desired it, though it 
will appear in the description of his novel plan 
books that he has never for a moment lost 
sight of the absolute necessity of fundamental 
records. 
As the work progresses through the years, 
there will be publication of the data compiled 
and set in order by trained men. Elaborate 
photographic records, aside from micro-photo- 
graphic ones, will give charm as well as 
definiteness in preserving the larger events in 
the life history of fruits and flowers. The only 
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