Complimentary Banquet to Luther Burbanfc 



which has become so dear to him by association with its trees 



and flowers, for 



"He wanders away and away 

 With Nature, dear old nurse, 

 Who sings to him night and day 

 The rhymes of the universe." 



Mr. Mills: 



GENTLEMEN : It was the intention to introduce the next 

 speaker without encomium and without suggestion of sub- 

 ject, but with that profound respect which the absence of 

 these things implies. He has, however, chosen for himself 

 the toast: "The Methods of Luther Burbank and Their 

 Relation to Evolution/' 



I appreciate keenly the anticipation of pleasure which has 

 filled the minds of this company in listening to the instruction 

 they are now to receive at the hands of Dr. David Starr 

 Jordan, President of the Leland Stanford Junior University, 

 To him, more than to any other citizen of California, except 

 Judge W. W. Morrow, we are indebted for the endowment 

 of the work of Mr. Burbank by "The Carnegie Institution." 



Response by President Jordan: 



Dr. Jordan spoke, in substance, as follows: 

 I am asked by Dr. Wheeler, my colleague in the greater 

 University of California, to express to Mr. Burbank, jointly 



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