NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 



shaped themselves gradually, more and more 

 in his favor and he went from one odd job 

 to another, slowly saving a little money and 

 regaining his health. The day came at last 

 when he had a bit of a balance in the bank 

 and soon after he was able in a small way to 

 set up in business for himself. 



He secured a small plot of ground and 

 established the nursery which was to become 

 famous throughout not only his own state but 

 the country at large. His heart was in his 

 work now, but there was something else. All 

 through these years of early manhood, in the 

 midst of discouragement and privation, he 

 never let go of the plan of his life — to become 

 not merely a raiser of plants but an improver 

 and a creator. Even in those first days, as 

 chance offered, he began that wonderful series 

 of experiments which has astonished the scien- 

 tific men of two hemispheres and established 

 an epoch in the life of the vegetable kingdom 

 from which the future will reckon. 



One day there came to the young nursery- 

 man an order in the filling of which he dis- 

 played that boldness of plan and audacity of 

 execution which have many a time marked his 



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