Complimentary Banquet to Luther Burbank 



of new knowledge, and the possible discoverers of enduring 

 improvements in man's control of Nature." 



That some part, if not all, of the work of the Carnegie 

 Institution will produce far-reaching results, cannot be ques- 

 tioned. It is equipping an army of investigators for the 

 frontier of human knowledge. There will doubtless be some 

 failures, but the general result will be that man's dominion 

 will be extended ; and Burbank, who is an old soldier in this 

 army, will return with much spoil, and additional honors. 



Very truly yours, 



W.W.MORROW. 



Mr. Mills: 



Gentlemen : The original basis of the Conunonwealth 

 of California was mining for the precious metals. The ag- 

 ricultural and horticultural value of the State was not even 

 suspected, much less understood. The climatic environment 

 here was unusual. Portions of the State, now the most pop- 

 ulous, opulent and prosperous, were relegated to the category 

 of desert. 



The "dry season," as we know it now, which is the only 

 winter we know, the occurrence of which covers summer 

 and the early fall months, was regarded as a destructive 

 drought. Its high value to horticulture was not even ap- 

 prehended. Mining was the paramount industry, a fact clear- 

 ly disclosed when we rea^i the history of the industries of 

 the State in the light of legislation. To-day, horticulture is 

 the paramount industry, and the art as practiced here is dis- 

 tinctively the result of the experience and thorough investi- 



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