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and then saves uut a turiii iiiui nc tiuiiks to be 

 worth introducing to the world. 



*• Every part of the work is worth whil^ of 

 itadf ; at every ttage the satisfaction 

 •on enough for making and cotitiiming ilw elt urt. 

 Ever>* fortn is interesting, whetlier it is new or 

 the reproduction of an uld fumi. He shows 

 you the odd and intermediate and reversionary 

 forms as well as those that promise to be of 

 general use. 



"All this leads me to say that the value of Mr 

 Burbank*s work lies above aU merely economi' 

 considerations. He is a master worker in makinu 

 plants to vary. Plants are plastic material in 

 his hands. He is demonstrating what can be done. 

 He is setting new ideals and novel problems. 



"Heretofore, gardeners and other horticul 

 ttirists have grown plants because th* < ful 



or beautiful; Mr. Burbank grows thcin L»ccausf 

 he can make them take on valuable and beautiful 

 new forms. This is a new kind of pleasure to be 

 got from gardening, a new and captivating pur 

 pose in plant growing. It is a new reason for 

 associating with plants. Usually I think of him 

 as a plant lover rather than plant breeder. It is 

 of little consequence to me whether he produces 

 good commercial varieties or not. He has a 

 sphere of his own, and one that should appeal 



