THE MAN AND HIS WORK 



many as four thousand letters at once congratu- 

 lating him on the occasion from the school chil- 

 dren of other^ cities and even of distant states. 



To see Mr. Burbank on his doorstep sur- 

 rounded by a group of school children is to see 

 him as happy as when he is in his garden amidst 

 beds of rare and beautiful flowers. No sketch 

 of the Santa Rosa plant developer would be com- 

 plete that did not refer to this aspect of his inter- 

 ests and give emphasis to this phase of his per- 

 sonality. 



In Part III of the present volume we shall have 

 occasion to treat somewhat in detail the question 

 of the possible application of Burbank methods 

 and allied biological data to the improvement of 

 the human plant. But we must first study the 

 methods themselves and their direct application 

 in the gardens of the Santa Eosa experimenter. 



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