A DAY WITH MR. BURBANK 
But, should a person succeed in running the 
gauntlet of these protective signs, there is still 
another provision which must be faced. When 
the inside of the door is reached, this slip is in 
readiness. I take the current one from the 
block on a day in May, 1905: 
Visitor No. Date. 
What is your business with Mr. Burbank? 
For whose benefit is this intervieno ?. 
Your name? 
Your address? 
Remarks. 
All visitors are limited to five minutes unless by 
special appointment. 
Mr. Burbank’s work 13 of such a nature that he 
cannot well be interrupted. 
Then, in case the visitor has particular and 
valid reasons for visiting Sebastopol, where the 
larger proving grounds are located, he faces 
this card which was not prepared looking to a 
source of revenue, but in order, if possible, to 
keep down the number of actual applications: 
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