B URBAN it's GARDENS 



produced by no wizard; that is, by no black art, nor 

 any other art save that of a gifted, self-educated, 

 utterly devoted and patient and industrious man. 

 Any credit for these beautiful and beneficent things 

 that is not Burbank's is Nature's. For "Burbank's 

 ways are Nature's ways." His whole life has been 

 given to the study of "how Nature does things, and 

 his greatest service is, after all, that he has shown 

 what can be achieved by man through a deeper 

 knowledge of Nature. 



REFERENCES 



BURBANK, L. 



1893-1901. New creations in fruits and flowers. (Luther 

 Burbank, Santa Rosa, California.) (Catalogues of 

 plant novelties.) 

 HARWOOD, W. S. 



1907. New creations in plant life. (The Macmillan Co., 



N. Y.), pp. xviii+430, 48 pis. 

 JORDAN, D. S., and KELLOGG, V. L. 



1909. The scientific aspects of Luther Burbank's work. (A. 

 M. Robertson, San Francisco), pp. xiv+115 pis., 

 illus. 

 WICKSON, E. J. 



1901-08. (Articles on Burbank and his creations.) Sunset 

 Magazine, vol. 8, pp. 57-74, 145-156, 277-285; vol. 9, 

 pp. 101-112; vol. 15, pp. 3-16; vol. 21, pp. 151-162; 

 illus. 



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