NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 
me, a self-renunciation which has something 
noble in it, and of which the world never 
hears, is often enacted in the private ex- 
perience of the true votary of science.” 
The recognition of Mr. Burbank was at 
first slow because he has steadfastly refrained 
from courting publicity, but it has proceeded 
upon steadily advancing lines. One of the 
most satisfying public acts in his career so 
far, because it was an act of his fellows, was 
the striking of a gold medal in his honor, 
in May, 1903, on the part of the California 
Academy of Sciences, a notable body of 
western men. It was the date of the fiftieth 
anniversary of the establishment of the 
Academy. Mr. Burbank was chosen as the 
one whom this commemoration medal should 
honor. On the obverse of the medal are 
the words: 
California Academp of Sciences 
Awarded to 
Luther Burbank 
For Meritorious Work in Developing Pew 
Forms of Plant Life. IPap 18, 1903 
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