The vine-covered cottage in Santa Rosa. 



CHAPTER VII 

 THE HOME IN CALIFORNIA 



Here is the vine-covered cottage in Santa Rosa where 

 for many years the mother who gave the master his first 

 lessons in plant culture lived with him, while her hair be- 

 came white and her steps slower as she neared the land 

 where flowers never fade. Over the cottage gently sway 



the graceful boughs of an elm tree brought by Burbank 



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