Seedlings of Sekel Pear, showing variations. 



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is not for public distribution. If editors receive a copy it will give me much 

 pleasure to have my work mentioned in a general way, or descriptions given of 

 any or all the new creations, of course giving due credit ; yet I would kindly 

 request that this list be not mentioned as a whole, as I should at once be over- 

 whelmed with an avalanche of correspondence. And there are other consider- 

 ations which will be fully understood b}^ those who possess rare plants, which 

 have cost more than money — priceless years of time. 



I am constantly urged to write regarding the work, and nothing could give 

 me more pleasure, as volumes could be written on the questions brought up by 

 the wonderful display of life-forces in plants, and the startling results obtained 

 by cultivation, crossing, combination and selection ; but I am obliged to defer 

 that until some future time, as at present it seems much more important to pro- 

 duce results than to record them or theorize on them. The important steps 

 are all recorded in my field-note books. 



Aerial Potatoes, grown on Burbank Potato vine grafted on Ponderosa Tomato plant. Abundant 

 crop of all sizes, shapes nnd colors. (See also page 52.) 



