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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



July, 1920 



More About Lut her Burbank.— Cont'd from p. 411. 

 one fault, they are entirely without fra- 

 grance. 



When I was tying them to stakes a few 

 days ago — many of the great plants I can- 

 not reach around— I thought, "How I wish 

 Mr. Burbank would bestow frargrance on the 

 larkspur," and then I came into the house 

 and read in one of his books of a larkspur 

 which he had greatly increased in size and 

 given a delightful fragrance. You may be 

 sure I shall order some seed for next year, 

 if it is on the market. 



On reading this over my official censor, 

 married to me, suggested that if Mr. Bur- 

 bank had retained his interest in bees— he 

 used to keep them years ago — he would by 

 this time have bred a red clover in which 

 the bees could easily reach the nectar. 

 Now I wonder whether he would have 

 changed the clover or the bees. A man 

 who can create a thornless blackberry might 

 have bred a race of bees with long proboscis 

 and no sting at the opposite end, and possi 

 bly he would have given his pets beautiful 

 wings like those of the butterfly. 



Now, please don't ask me to make copy 

 of Mr. Burbank again; at least, not until 

 after I have been able to take advantage 

 of his cordial invitation to "come again" 

 which I hope to be able to do some time 

 next year. 



In the meantime it is pleasant to remem- 

 ber that in sunny California a great and 

 wise man is working with a skill and knowl- 

 edge, which only he has, to improve and in- 

 crease the food supply, to beautify the 

 flowers, and to make this world a better 



place for all of us. 



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