LUTHER BURBANK 



As to the precise methods through which condi- 

 tions more in accordance with the improvements 

 of the future generations of our race are to be 

 applied, we shall attempt no details of sugges- 

 tion. It suffices to point out the principle and to 

 suggest that there cannot well be two opinions as 

 to the desirability of restricting the fecundity of 

 the unfit, however wide the diversity of opinion 

 as to the way in which this may be practically 

 accomplished. 



The Aristocratic American Race 



Lest we seem to take a pessimistic view of the 

 situation, however, let me hasten to point out that 

 the average human plant in most communities of 

 America to-day is somewhat comparable to the 

 average plants in the most highly developed col- 

 onies of Mr. Burbank's experiment gardens. 



The reader will recall the somewhat detailed 

 accounts that have been given of the cherry colo- 

 nies comprising 400 aristocratic families, and of 

 the various colonies of plums and quinces and 

 chestnuts and lilies and gladioli and Watsonias 

 and countless others that are similarly made up of 

 individuals exclusively of good breeding and of 

 desirable qualities. 



Now, whoever will properly gauge the condi- 

 tion of the human garden of to-day, here in Amer- 

 ica, must realize that in general the races of 



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