NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 



however, this is being effected and a rich 

 store of technical and general information is 

 assured. One feature of particular interest is 

 the preparation of what may be called a life 

 history of plant-life. Once a day Mr. Burbank 

 meets the representative of the Institution 

 with a stenographer. Beginning with the first 

 letter of the alphabet the whole field of plant- 

 life is being considered. Taking up each plant, 

 questions are asked, if necessary, though often 

 Mr. Burbank dictates without questions, thus 

 recording information regarding all phases of 

 the plant's life as he has observed them 

 through the years. Coupled with this in the 

 case of those plants upon which he has actu- 

 ally worked, is a detailed statement of the 

 process of his development of the plant. The 

 plan is large in scope. It will be of special 

 interest to all advanced plant-breeders as well 

 as to botanists, physiologists and biologists. It 

 promises to give to the world a mass of novel 

 and immensely valuable information, for the 

 source upon which the Institution is drawing 

 stands unique in the world. 



From time to time the Institution will pub- 

 lish the results of this most interesting and 



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