LUTHER BURBANK 
“In nature,” said Mr. Burbank, “there are no 
accidents, no lapses. Everything that is, is a 
definite part of the Scheme of Things. 
“We see crossing between kinds and realize 
its purpose, and see its value in the Scheme, 
because it is going on about us always, everywhere 
—hbecause it is a quick-moving process which we 
can observe without doubt or difficulty. 
“But when, on the .other hand, we see the 
provisions in nature against crossing out of kind, 
those numberless ingenious devices designed to 
prevent the production of hybrids, we have no 
right to conclude that hybrids are not a part of 
the Scheme of Things. 
“They are—else there would be no hybrids. 
“Crossing between things of the same kind is 
a continuous, active process necessary to the 
production of better and better individuals. 
“Crossing out of kind is a slower process which, 
I believe, has just as definite an end as crossing 
within kinds—excepting that its object, slowly and 
surely attained, is the production not of better 
individuals, but of better kinds.” 
Let us go back to our African daisies. 
If we read their history aright, there was, 
first, an orange flower which grew in the open 
veldt—a flower which accommodated itself to the 
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