What Prominent People Say of Luther Burbank 



"I look to great practical results from 

 Burbank's work among plants." Thomas 

 A. Edison. 



It is said by David Starr Jordan, presi- 

 dent of Leland Stanford Junior Univers- 

 ity, California, that: 



"Luther Burbank is the greatest orig- 

 inator of new and valuable forms of plant 

 life of this or any other age." 



"No other man has given to horticul- 

 ture so many valuable things as has Lu- 

 ther Burbank." Prof. E. J. Wickson, 

 Dean of the Department of Agriculture of 

 the University of California. 



"He stands easily at the head of the 

 world's experimentalists in plant life." 

 W. Atlee Burpee, of Philadelphia, one of 

 the leading seedmen in the United States. 



By Dr. L. H. Bailey, professor of bot- 

 any in Cornell University, New York: 



"It is an honor to California that Lu- 

 ther Burbank is its citizen. He is all that 

 he has ever been said to be, and more." 



Joaquin Miller, the Poet of the Sierras, 

 said: 



"I like to go to Santa Rosa, the home 

 of Luther Burbank, the man who is help- 

 ing God make the earth more beautiful." 



"In all Europe there is no one who can 

 even compare with Luther Burbank. The 

 time will come when he will be as well 

 known and as highly cherished in Cali- 

 fornia as he now is among the scientific 

 men of Europe. He is a unique, great 

 genius." Hugo De Vries, of Amsterdam, 

 Holland, the leading botanist of Europe. 



"Mr. Burbank is a man who does things 

 that are of much benefit to mankind, and 

 we should do all in our power to help 

 him." Theodore Roosevelt. 



"Mr. Burbank's greatness, and the mag- 

 nitude of the value of his achievements 

 are recognized the world over by men 

 best capable of understanding and appre- 

 ciating both the man and his work." 

 Congressman E. A. Hayes. 



"To Luther Burbank has been granted 

 the knowledge, supreme beyond other 

 men, of the susceptibility of plants to vary 

 under the influence of new environments, 

 delicate manipulation and intelligent di- 

 rection." Scientific American. 



"The man who always does most says 

 the least. Your good works will bless hu- 

 manity long after you have said 'Good 

 night.' Your work is always a source of 

 inspiration to me, and I am continuously 

 wondering 'What will he accomplish 

 next?' "Col. G. B. Brackett, Pomological 

 Chief U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



"While I have long been impressed 

 with your work, I am now overwhelmed 

 with the vast amount of good which you 

 have been able to accomplish. I respect 

 your work above all that has ever been 

 done for horticulture." Prof. Wm. B. 

 Alwood, Virginia College and Experiment 

 Station. 



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