188 LUTHER BURBANK 



was one of the first members of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 He wrote a number of books on scientific sub- 

 jects, one of which was entitled "The Eozoonal 

 Limestones of Eastern Massachusetts." He 

 frequently took long trips with Agassiz to 

 places of scientific interest; west to the copper 

 mines of Michigan, where Agassiz had invest- 

 ments; south to the Mammoth Cave, and to 

 other points of interest to naturalists. He was 

 also at one time Curator of Geology of the Bos- 

 ton Society of Natural History, and had a large 

 and well-selected geological collection. In this 

 way Luther came to know much of Agassiz and 

 his work. 



Our Lancaster home was not far from that of 

 Ralph Waldo Emerson at Concord. The family 

 were all greatly interested in the characters of 

 Lincoln, Emerson, Webster, Sumner, Agassiz, 

 Thoreau, Channing, the Beechers, the Fowlers, 

 the Fields, and the Alcotts, with several of 

 whom father was personally acquainted. 



We were brought up under the strict New 

 England regime, though our parents were ex- 

 ceedingly reasonable and indulgent. They did 

 not think it well for children to roam the fields 

 and woods on Sunday; yet, because of Luther's 

 love for the birds, flowers, and trees, often 



