NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 
producing these new fruits and flowers are 
simply astounding to those not familiar with 
the facts. They are usually offered once 
only, all the main financial profit being se- 
cured by the early purchasers and planters. 
If in the past I had received only one cent 
for each ten thousand dollars added to the 
wealth of the world by my plant productions, 
those mentioned in the list could be passed 
out fréely to all who ask; but no great 
undertaking can long exist without some 
provision for running expenses, therefore the 
prices accompanying this list. I have no 
government aid, no college endowment, and 
nothing whatever to keep up the work except 
the occasional sale of these new fruits and 
flowers.” 
One of the most prominent men in the 
fruit - growing industry in California, a hard- 
headed, successful business man who had for 
many years been interested in Mr. Burbank’s 
lifework, said concerning the financial side 
of his work: 
“Not many know of the influence that has 
been brought to bear upon Mr. Burbank to 
make a big business enterprise of his novelties. 
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