A DAY WITH MR. BURBANK 



under way, — these he must dictate answers to 

 direct, or make notations in his clear strong 

 hand as to the answer to be sent. The 

 magnitude as well as the extent of the work 

 may often be indicated by a single day's mail. 

 Letters arrive from all over the United 

 States, from Mexico, from many South Amer- 

 ican points, while there is scarcely an out- 

 of-the-way place in Europe or Asia where 

 fruits or flowers are cultivated that has not 

 either some collector who is in constant touch 

 with Mr. Burbank in supplying him with rare 

 plants and seeds for experimentation, or some 

 florist or horticulturist anxious to have some 

 fruit or flower from the famous gardens of 

 Santa Rosa. One large scrap-book contains 

 an extensive list of foreign souvenir postal- 

 cards bearing greetings from people he has 

 never seen or heard of before. Very many 

 letters come from Great Britain and her 

 dependencies, the interest in Mr. Burbank's 

 work being particularly deep among English- 

 men. France and Russia send many letters, 

 as do Italy and Germany, while many come 

 from India, China, Japan and AustraUa. 

 There are communications, too, from crowned 



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