NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 



put a new creation before the world. The new 

 and improved varieties were sold to bring him 

 revenue for the further prosecution of his 

 work. The sums for which they sold were 

 ridiculously small, considering the time con- 

 sumed in their production, often years of the 

 most patient study and experimentation, and 

 the large revenues that were derived from the 

 new creations by the dealers purchasing them. 

 Perhaps from one hundred dollars, at the start, 

 up to five hundred would be an average. Or- 

 ders soon began coming from Europe, where 

 he gradually became better known, where, 

 indeed, he was appreciated as he had never 

 been in his own country. 



His income rose steadily, but it did not 

 match his outlay. There were laborers' wages 

 to pay, supplies to be bought, funds provided 

 for paying for the services of collectors in for- 

 eign lands, on the lookout for new kinds of 

 plants. His reputation was advancing, but 

 year by year he was falling behind and en- 

 croaching more and more upon the store set 

 by for the rainy day. 



Opposition now came from many quarters. 

 Not only did his friends see the fulfilment of 



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