NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 



seen with all possible dispatch, in order that no 

 time may be wasted. 



When the grounds are reached there is, just 

 inside the white picket fence, a sign which 

 reads : 



NOTHING FOR SALE 



ALL VISITORS CALL AT THE DOOR 



When the door is reached, there is another 

 sign which reads: 



ALL VISITORS ARE LIMITED 



TO FIVE MINUTES EACH UNLESS 



BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT 



In passing, I cannot too strongly emphasize 

 the fact that Mr. Burbank's grounds are abso- 

 lutely private. Still stronger placards than the 

 above now appear at the entrance gates, 

 prohibiting all visitors without previous ar- 

 rangement. This has been made imperative 

 because of the steadily increasing stream of 

 people who have been making a Mecca of his 

 home. 



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