THE AMARYLLIS AND THE POPPY 
be stated that not all the plant-breeders who 
have preceded him have ever done so much to 
ennoble floral life. And the future holds pos- 
sibilities to be still more clearly indicated 
when his new creations, many of which are but 
just coming into general use, shall be uni- 
versal. Years have been necessary in his tests 
to bring the flowers up to their high estate, 
and years more will elapse before all the tests 
under way will be completed, but enough has 
already been done to alter the whole floral life 
of the world. Those who were fortunate 
enough to see the magnificent display of 
cannas at the Pan-American Exposition in the 
city of Buffalo,— the “Tarrytown” canna, one 
of Mr. Burbank’s creations,—could form 
some idea of the grander possibilities of his 
new flowers; and at the exposition in St. 
Louis the first prize for bedding roses, a rose 
which has limitless possibilities for exterior 
decoration, was a rose created by Mr. Bur- 
bank. But the more magnificent creations are 
not more wonderful, or more important, than 
those which have their culmination in his 
glorification of the tiniest blossoms, be they 
those shy wild ones which open their eyes in 
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