THE CANADIAN IJORTICULTURIST. 



of announcements, which he called " New- 

 Creations in Fruits and Flowers," and 

 which has interested so many people in his 

 wonderful productions. 



The Burbank home is very humble, less 

 pretentious even than his greenhouse or 

 barn adjoining. Here, on four acres of 

 ground, most of his work is done, an ex- 

 ample truly of intensive culture. The 

 beds of plants about the house are collec- 

 tions for working purposes ; in one of 

 them, for example, there are forty varie- 

 ties of golden rod, set ther§ for the ex- 

 press purpose of studying their habits of 

 growth and of bloom. 



Santa Rosa is a town of about nine 

 thoi«i3and inhabitants, and here Mr. Bur- 

 bank has lived during, a decade of years 

 with his aged mother. The home is small, 

 and there are no attempts at display of 

 any kind, no special show plants, no 



laboratory, no medals or diplomas, no 

 special library, and yet this man is widely 

 read, he is abreast of the times, indeed in 

 his own work he is in advance of any 

 books. 



Modest worth certainly is one of his 

 characteristics, and so rare is this trait, 

 that we look upon such a man with sur- 

 prise and find it hard to understand how 

 he can place the doing before the reward, 

 and forget the dollar in the effort to bring 

 about some great and good result of his 

 labor. But such a man is Mr. Luther 

 Burbank, and the work he is doing is of 

 such scientific and expensive character 

 that most persons would at once seek the 

 aid of the state or of some milHonaire; 

 but he, in carrying it forward, has asked 

 no favor, he loves his work, and the re- 

 ward comes in the doing. 



A Boys' Institute. — Quite a new departure 

 in the education of boys has been made by 

 Mr. C. J. Atkinson, Supt. of the Broadview 

 Boys' Institute, Toronto. This gentleman 

 has a class of city boys, a number of whom 

 have signified their intention of becoming 

 farmers. He has secured a plot of land and 

 is giving each boy a portion of it upon which 

 to set different plants this year, each one 

 for himself. In consultation with Mr. C. C. 

 James, the following programme of lectures 

 has been drawn up : 



Agriculture and Nature Study, Lecture Course, 

 Season 1902 — 



1. May 5— Introductory, G. C. C reelman, On- 

 tario Dept. Agriculture. -"Ij 



2. May 12 — "How to Make a Vegetable Gar- 

 den," John Barton Weston. 



3. May 19— 'How to Make a Flower Garden," 

 Wm. Tyrrell, Toronto, Pres. Horticultural Society. 



4. May 26— "Seeds aad Seedlings," Prof. Loch- 

 head, Guelph, Ontario Agricultural College. 



5. June 2— ' Relation of Plants to Soil and Air," 

 C. C. James, Turonto, Deputy Minibter of Agri- 

 culture. 



6. Juneg—'- Insect Life, "W.N. Hutt, Southend. 



7. June 16—" Our Birds," C. W. Nash, Toronto, 

 108 Waverly Road. 



8. June 23— " Poultry," Poultry Manager Den- 

 tonia Park Farm. 



June 28—" Poultry," Poultry Manager Dentonia 

 Park Farm. 



9. Aug. 4— "Nature Study in Parks and Gar- 

 dens," Principal Scott, Normal School, Toronto. 



10. Aug. 18— "A Tree," Thos. Southwortb, 

 Division of Forestry, Toronto. 



11. Sept. I — "Farm Animals," J. B Ketchen, 

 Director of Dentonia Park Farm. 



Sept. 6— "Farm Animals" at Dentonia Park 

 Farm, J. B. Ketchen, Director of Dentonia Park 

 Farm. 



12. Sept. 15—" Flowers and Fruits," L. Woolver- 

 ton, Grimsby, Editor "Canadian Horticulturist." 



This institute is interdenominational and 

 has Lord Strathcona as Hon. President. 

 It includes many departments of work, 

 classed under four divisions, viz.: Mental, 

 physical. Spiritual and social, and will surely 

 be a source of great inspiration to boys who 

 are choosing their life work. 



The first of the series of lectures has been 

 given by Secretary Creelman. It was quite 

 an inspiration to see the eagerness of the 

 boys, who listened for over an hour and a 

 half as Mr. Creelman told of the making of 

 the soil, and of the wonders of insect life. 



We will watch with interest the carrying 

 out of Mr. Atkinson's scheme and wish him 

 every success in his work. 



