NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 



producing these new fruits and flowers are 

 simply astounding to those not familiar with 

 the facts. They are usually offered once 

 only, all the main financial profit being se- 

 cured by the early purchasers and planters. 

 If in the past I had received only one cent 

 for each ten thousand dollars added to the 

 wealth of the world by my plant productions, 

 those mentioned in the list could be passed 

 out freely to all who ask; but no great 

 undertaking can long exist without some 

 provision for running expenses, therefore the 

 prices accompanying this list. I have no 

 government aid, no college endowment, and 

 nothing whatever to keep up the work except 

 the occasional sale of these new fruits and 

 flowers." 



One of the most prominent men in the 

 fruit-growing industry in California, a hard- 

 headed, successful business man who had for 

 many years been interested in Mr. Burbank's 

 lifework, said concerning the financial side 

 of his work: 



" Not many know of the influence that has 

 been brought to bear upon Mr. Burbank to 

 make a big business enterprise of his novelties. 



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