LUTHER BURBANK 



as if out loud, and a self defiant attitude as if 

 bespeaking an ample ability to take care of 

 themselves. 



"And the flowers which came from the bulbs 

 produced by the other banker were charmingly 

 delicate — not hardy, but rather shrinkingly artis- 

 tic — not loud in their color schemes, but softly 

 alluring with their subdued hues." 

 ***** 



It costs money to ship oranges, so the more the 

 meat and the less the rind, the less we waste in 

 transportation charges. 



A comparison of the wild orange with the 

 cultivated fruit of our orange groves shows how 

 this fruit has adapted itself to our ideas of 

 economj'. 



Lettuce in the head makes a more appetizing 

 salad than lettuce in large, sprawling leaves. 



A comparison between wild lettuce and the 

 head lettuce on our green grocer's stand shows 

 plant adaptation to our salad demands. 

 ***** 



And so with celery, and artichokes — and every 

 plant that is grown for the market — wild, its adap- 

 tations are toward meeting wild environments; 

 cultivated, its adaptations are toward fitting itself 

 into our routine of life. 



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