NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 



as its letter and detected unerringly the efforts 

 which, while apparently in his behalf, were in 

 reality essentially selfish, planned so that others 

 might profit by his experiences. There were 

 strings to them ; he would have none of them. 

 He could divide responsibility, and apportion 

 duty, but he could not yield authority. It 

 would be fatal to have any other will than his 

 own in command. 



But he was learning now that, to accomplish 

 the work he had mapped out, and so to leave 

 it that others could take it up where he left it 

 and carry it forward, it was imperative that he 

 have assistance. Already many millions of 

 dollars had been added to the national wealth 

 because of his improved fruits. Already the 

 whole world was being brightened by his 

 flowers. And yet, if he should be able to work 

 without handicap, the future promised far 

 greater results than the past. Now and again, 

 too, he was bitterly admonished that he could 

 not work eighteen hours out of the twenty- 

 four. Occasional illnesses came. He found 

 that the nature he loved so well could chide 

 as well as cheer. Several times he was laid 

 by with dangerous nervous breakdowns. 



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