22 LUTHER BURBANK 



seedling of the Early Rose. On October 

 1, 1875, he removed from Massachusetts 

 to Santa Rosa, California, where he has 

 lived ever since, devoting himself to the 

 production of new forms of plants by 

 crossing and selection. He is a member 

 of various learned societies and for some 

 years was lecturer on plant evolution at 

 Stanford University. 



Personally Burbank is of medium stat- 

 ure, clear-cut in feature and wiry in 

 physique, a modest, devoted man of 

 science with a keen eye, a deft hand, a 

 broad intelligence, and a sensitive soul. 

 For half a century he has applied him- 

 self whole-heartedly to the work of plant 

 improvement. His industry is amazing 

 and almost without parallel; through all 

 these years he has kept thousands of 

 varied experiments going with the math- 

 ematical certainty that in the many 

 products of his efforts there would 



