NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 



that ease and personal comfort which money 

 brings. 



But when the balance of the first year 

 under the subvention, recently closed, was 

 struck, it was found that Mr. Burbank had 

 not only put back into the work the amount 

 set apart for the maintenance of the tests un- 

 der way and projected, had not only added to 

 this the amount which was to be set apart as 

 his own salary, but had expended in the carry- 

 ing forward of the larger work some six hun- 

 dred dollars additional out of his own pocket. 

 In other words, he had given up his salary and 

 drawn upon his own funds as well. 



When it came to the distribution of the 

 cactus, which had cost heavily during the 

 twelve years it had been under test, it was 

 found that, with all the other attendant ex- 

 pense pressing heavily upon him, it would be 

 impossible to carry forward this work without 

 special remuneration. For this reason the cac- 

 tus was placed on sale. Had he wished to 

 make money out of the new cactus, it would 

 have been a very simple act to organize a 

 modern corporation, provide for promotion 

 facilities, restrict production, maintain prices, 



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