20 THE GOLD MINE 



altTuism here. It is like an almoner handing out 

 the richest gifts of Providence to a needy world. 



What I -want to do is to awaken a zeal in your 

 hearts, so that you can go out and possess these new 

 fields. There is a charm in taking the flowers already 

 established and propagating them, thus clothing barren- 

 ness with beauty. But we have reached that point 

 where the ordinary man or woman, boy or girl, can 

 add to the treasures of the world and the delights of 

 society. 



A quiet woman in Indiana a few years ago planted 

 some paeony seeds. One plant she named, on my ad- 

 vice. General Lawton. It had a splendid large flower. 

 She sold it for $100. Another, named for her de- 

 parted husband, brought $150. Another of her crea- 

 tions — Walter Morgan — has a delicate flower of lovely 

 fragrance, and of pure gold. There is no law which 

 forbids research along these lines. 'No warranty deed 

 on God's fields with signs up, "No trespassing here." 



What wonder, when I see these things, that the fas- 

 cination comes over me and I am planting many pounds 

 of seeds of choicest paeonies and am willing to forego 

 the delights of heaven a few years to see the new 

 forms of loveliness they will unfold. 



NOTE THIS FACT. 



When flowers are first developed from the original 

 type, they easily revert back again. It probably took 

 a thousand tests to produce a double dahlia. Now the 

 family is so well established that the progeny retain 



