NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 
stock the first season, and I offered to furnish 
the trees to fill his orders. Mr. Burbank, 
however, replied that he had left the nursery 
business some time ago, and was now drop- 
ping the tree business, as he had not a moment 
to spare to attend to such things, but it 
would give him the greatest pleasure to turn 
over any customers he might have to me. 
Subsequently many different people bought 
sugar prune trees of me who had been 
recommended to me by Mr. Burbank. This 
incident made a great impression on me, 
because I knew that Mr. Burbank could make 
good use of the money. Is it not inspiring to 
know that a scientist of Mr. Burbank’s fame 
is so free from the frailties that are induced 
by a love of money? Luther Burbank is a 
man who could be rich, but he will not 
consider the object as worth attaining. He 
is wholly devoted to making the world more 
beautiful with flowers, and more pleasant 
with new and wonderful fruits.” 
While many thousands of dollars have 
been invested in the production of the new 
plums, and while they have but barely begun 
their commercial course both here and in 
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