What Prominent Men Say About 
Luther Burbank 
Joaquin Miller, the Poet of the Sierras, 
said: 
"I like to go to Santa Rosa, the home 
of Luther Burbank, the man who is help- 
ing God make the earth more beautiful." 
"No other man has given to horticul- 
ture so many valuable things as has Lu- 
ther Burbank."— Prof. E. J. Wickson, 
dean of the department of agriculture of 
the University of California. 
"He stands easily at the head of the 
world's experimentalists in plant life." — 
W. Atlee Burpee, of Philadelphia, one of 
the leading seedmen in the United States. 
It is said by David Starr Jordan, presi- 
dent of Leland Stanford Junior Univers- 
ity, California, that: 
"Luther Burbank is the greatest orig- 
inator of new and valuable forms of 
plant life of this or any other age." 
"Mr. Burbank is a man who does 
things that are of much benefit to man- 
kind, and we should do all in our power 
to help him." — Theodore Roosevelt. 
By Dr. L. H. Bailey, professor of bot- 
any in Cornell University, New York: 
"It is an honor to California that Lu- 
ther Burbank is its citizen. He is all 
that he has ever been said to be, and 
more." 
"Mr. Burbank 's greatness, and the 
magnitude and the value of his achieve- 
ments are recognized the world over by 
men best capable of understanding and 
appreciating both the man and his 
work." — Congressman E. A. Hayes. 
"In all Europe there is no one who can 
even compare with Luther Burbank. The 
time will come when he will be as well 
known and as highly cherished in Cali- 
fornia as he now is among the scientific 
men of Europe. He is a unique, great 
genius." — Hugo Be Vries, of Amsterdam, 
Holland, the leading botanist of Europe. 
