The Days of a Man 



1:1892 



University 

 extension 



During the months that followed I was very 

 busy in different ways, coordinating and solidifying 

 the work of the University, and at the same time 

 adding to my acquaintance by lecturing throughout 

 the state, and by university extension work in 

 Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose. In the 

 course of these efforts near home and farther afield, 

 then and later on as well, I met a host of interesting 

 people — men and women of vigor and initiative, 

 of whom California has always had more than her 

 share. Many of them, I am happy to say, became 

 our intimate friends as the years went by; nearly 

 all, I trust, have a kindly feeling for me and my 

 wife; some are known and admired far beyond the 

 confines of the state. Of a few, relatively, I shall 

 now speak more or less briefly, and others will later 

 cross my path; but a much greater number must 

 remain unnamed, even though by no means un- 

 remembered. 



Luther 

 Burbank 



Soon after my arrival in California I made the 

 acquaintance of a scientific man of high rank, 

 unique in character and method, and developed 

 wholly outside the academic influence. Luther 

 Burbank, plant breeder and plant creator, stands 

 with the first in his field. His fine art rests on such 

 a knowledge of plant inheritance that by means of 

 crossing and selection he produces almost unerringly 

 the definite results at which he aims. With plums, 

 cactus, walnuts, and many kinds of flowers, Mr. 

 Burbank has been especially successful. His garden 

 at Sebastopol, near Santa Rosa, is one of the most 

 interesting experimental stations in the world. From 

 1905 to 191 2 he gave lectures at Stanford on 



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