7 to 0 indie acros its f,ur as now tr,ui
formed by him
He ilouliti'il the sue anil mult i(licl al
most infinitely the color of the Ciladi
olus; anil because of the extra weight
if the flowers hail to increase the ic
of the t a t k which lore them He pro
ilitct.il the Shasta l)ai) front the two m
Mguiticaut parent' shown below.
iul there is hardly a llower which
(!rmi to which in some way or another
Mr Iturb.iuk has not added size, or bril
liancy, or delicacy, or shapeliness, or
scent.
Through flowers, too, Mr. llurhaiik' Ins
ferretcil out tunny of the deeply hidden
scircts of plant life which he has turned
to K'K'il account in his breeding of the
o tailed useful plants.
lor. above all other forms of plant
life, flowers exemplify Nature' device
f r elf iiiiproeiueut.
Mr llurl.ank says that the flowers, as
tf knowing that they depend uhmi tut t -ttrt'icn
and hees for the pollination
whuh is to perpttttiate them, advertise
fir tlice little pollen carriers adver
tise through their colors, thrir .nit
ami the nc tar whiih tlie urn in mum
And that those Mowers whnh ate the
biggest and brighten! and the most per
feet tif their kinds, being the best adver
tisers, are surrst to attract the attention
of the visiting injects -and thus are
Mtrcst of perpetuation.
While the pate, the poor and the de
formed of the .species, with less clTcctivc
advertising, and less appeal to the in
sects upon which they depend, arc apt
to wither and die without nllspriug.
My the same simple, eleiueiit.il methods
which the bees teach, the plant breeder
can accomplish definite, concrete, aiuat
iug results of which Nature, after ecu
tunes of ponderous work, has only suc
ceeded in giving the faintest hint.
Ilesidc the bees and bulterllles, Nature,
in many ingenious ways, strives to carry
on her slow elimination of the unlit.
Her rainy seasons serve to drown cer
tain of her plants that are unworthy to
survive.
Her windstorms, droughts, freeiiug
spells and a hundred other iiilliieners
t. i ' i fiitiiu.il tin p. nit t'r K.ak .out
I' t I'ltnlllliil .IIIH'iig llrr plillt
.So that those whlih have the greatest
light to survival may be given the best
opportunity iiurrowded to live and
tcptodiKc and multiply
Again the skill and science of the
breeder of plants may be applied to pro
titter in a single season the result winch
Nature might never, with irnturies of
wind, and snow, ami hail, and thought,
and rain, be able to aitoinphslt
lly planting a thousand, or hundred
thousand seeds, the plant breeder, in a
few brief weeks, may selrtt the six or the
right or the tell resulting plants which
show their stiiwriorily over their fellows
along the line be wishes to cultivate.
To those who have seen I other llur
bank at hi work, his amainu skill and
knowledge of the eharat terutu of the
useful plants at once bet nine evident;
but as he goes about amonii Ins Hovsrrs,
his tenderness and s)tupath) in haudliiiK
them give evidence of more than skill .td
know ledge they give evidence of love
ami if perfect unilertjiiding
IutHer BurbanK's SHasta Daisy
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and ith Tiny Parents
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