The Garden Magazine, April, 1923 
145 
Many an amateur gardener spends years learning 
what Burbank can tell him in five minutes. 
No other public improvement makes such a big difference 
for such a little cost as better street lighting. 
Did you know, for example, that if you plant 
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the same place for three years, the third year’s 
crop will be a failure? 
Is it 1816 in your town? 
“Bacterial diseases,” says Burbank, “attack 
plants that are planted year after year in the same 
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Do you know how to make the bees produce new 
flowers—how to graft fruit trees—how to turn 
white flowers blue, and so give a small garden 
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Your electric light and 
power company will 
tell you how to get in 
touch with one of the 
General Electric Com¬ 
pany’s street lighting 
engineers. He knows 
what other communi¬ 
ties have done, how 
they did it, and what 
it has meant to them 
In 1816 the Cologne Zeitung pub¬ 
lished seven arguments against 
street lighting, of which these three 
are typical: 
1. Artificial lighting is an attempt to in¬ 
terfere with the divine plan which has 
preordained darkness during the night 
time. 
2. Illuminated streets will induce people 
to remain later out of doors, leading to 
an increase in ailments caused by colds. 
3. Horses will be frightened and thieves 
emboldened. 
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