CHAPTER XIV 



HOW MAY I DO IT TOO ; BREEDING 



TN a certain negative sense the most wonder- 

 -*- ful thing about Mr. Burbank's work is that 

 there are absolutely no secrets. He is as open 

 as a book. He is not only peculiarly frank 

 and ingenuous by nature, but he carries the 

 same attributes into all conversations that 

 arise pertaining to his great lifework. He 

 is never happier than when he is doing 

 something for some one else. Unselfishness 

 fits him as a garment, but there the figure 

 must change; for it fills all his life. So 

 when it comes to showing others all that can 

 well be shown of his work, he is supremely 

 happy. 



The unfortunate word "wizard" attached 

 itself to him when some of his remarkable 

 achievements first became known, a term 

 which he has always resented, as he has always 

 deprecated those efforts of over - enthusiastic 

 friends who have sought to weave strange 



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