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THE SHASTA DAISY 



This is one of Luther Burbank's greatest triumphs. Under 

 his management the little field daisy has evolved into a gorgeous 

 flower, which is a very valuable addition to our gardens. The 

 picture shows a large colony of them in bloom. 



Mr. Burbank has produced many other plants of beauty and 

 economic use, his methods being those of selection and studied 

 cross-breeding; and perhaps it is not an unfair deduction to say that 

 they are suggestive of the possibilities of eugenics or stirpiculture 

 which, according to the preachments of modern sociologists, is the 

 last message of hope for the human race. 



It has got to be no trick at all to grow $30,000-Carnations but, 

 as Dr. Moras says in his last book, there is still an enormous 

 output of 30-cent folks. When I was a boy a three-minute horse 

 was a hummer, and I have lived long enough to see the advent 

 of the two-minute horse; but we have not produced a Shakespeare 

 since the year of grace 1564! 



A PARK SCENE 



This park scene shows a double reverse in the driveway, caused 

 by following the contour of the hills. At the second bend in the road 

 is a bed of Rosa Rugosa, used there to justify the curve. In the 

 right foreground are Spiraea Van Houttei. The trees are Maples. 



The straight line is not the line of beauty. All nature moves 

 in curves. The orbits of all the planets are elliptical — it has been 

 said by a wag that even a kiss is " a lip tickle." The trajectory 

 course of a cannon-ball is parabolic. A worthy gentleman in 

 Paris — and his name is Worth — has devoted his life to designing 

 new curvilinear contraptions for the " female form divine," by 

 which means he has alienated from the American pocketbook and 

 appropriated unto himself a great many American dollars. And 

 they were round. In fact, " money makes the world go round." 



Plate 158. A Park Scene 



