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power to add, but by judicious combination of 

 some new, wild, related species, followed by selec- 

 tion, a most valuable acquisition has been pro- 

 duced. Curiously enough, a new Asclepiad, 

 Solanum, Ampelidee, Papaver, Prunus 1 , Ribes, 

 Rubus, or whatever was most needed, almost 

 always came from some thoughtful, generous, 

 unknown collector, in some out-of-the-way part 

 of the world, whose name had never been known 

 to him before, but who, apparently possessed of 

 a subtle intuition, sent seeds of just the plant 

 desired at the right moment. This has so often 

 occurred that to him it is now a matter of expec- 

 tation; he also has in several countries, which 

 have not been thoroughly botanized, regular col- 

 lectors; among the most active of whom was his 

 highly esteemed collector in Chile, Senor Jose 

 D. Husbands (now deceased), who has sent over 

 six thousand five hundred new species for trial 

 from the southern half of South America. For 

 Luther Burbank he has scaled forbidden moun- 

 tain peaks, waded rivers, visited islands, traveled 

 through arid deserts, among rock piles and amid 

 dangers from the native Indians who had never 

 been subdued by the powder and balls of 

 any people, but who have of late succumbed to a 

 more insidious enemy European and Ameri- 

 can whiskey. Later teachers, travelers, mis- 



