What occupation can he more delightful than adopting the most promising 
individual from among a race of vile, neglected orphan weeds with settled hoodlum 
tendencies, down-trodden and despised by all, and lifting it by breeding and 
education to a higher sphere. To see it gradually change its sprawling habits, its 
coarse, ill-smelling foliage, its insignificant blossoms of dull color to an upright 
plant with handsome, glossy, fragrant leaves, blossoms of every hue and with a 
fragrance as pure and lasting as could be desired .—Extract from “ How to Make 
New Fruits and Flowers.” By LuTi-i^r Burbank. Read before the Floral 
Congress at San Francisco, Cal., May, 1901. 
