NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 



versation shifts he is in touch with every 

 change, discussing some deep problem of 

 human life or dissecting a pseudo-scientific 

 foible, or illuminating a scientific thought 

 some other man has cloudily expressed, or 

 cutting into some current fallacy of modern 

 education or politics or religion, making an 

 excision as deft as it is scientifically accurate. 

 He is as zestful as a skilful surgeon over some 

 remarkable case when he dissects a limb or 

 the main trunk of theology, and he scarcely 

 considers anesthetics necessary in such an 

 instance; but no man is more reverent in 

 the presence of true religion. He is never 

 happier than in a care-free romp with a merry 

 child, but he meets the most distinguished 

 scientist with the gravest dignity. 



In any discussion of his own work, Mr. 

 Burbank likes best of all to have specific, 

 definite questions asked. The answers come 

 without hesitation and in clear, understandable 

 language. From time to time, when he first 

 began selling his new creations, he issued 

 catalogues descriptive of new fruits and 

 flowers. They were models of their kind and 

 greatly enjoyed by people in all quarters of 



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