The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-12-07

Burbank was baby In his cradle he
was given a flower to play with. A
petal became detached. Baby that he
was. he tried TO fit the petal back into
It's place In the flower.
"when year and half old, his de.
light was to carry about little potted
cactus plant, and when he slipped and
fell, breaking the pot and the flower,
he was inconsolable.
"when scarcely twenty he produced
the Burbank potato. which has made
a dozen men fortunes and added an
inestimable blessing to the poor Of two
continents.
"When lad a group Of farmers and
mechanics tried In vain to put to.
gether a piece Of agricultural ma
chinery. When all had failed ne
stepped forward and suggested that a
certain piece OF the machinery be put
In certain place. The problem was
solved and was asked what suggested
to him that use OF that Dit of machin.
cry. His reply was, You couldn't put
~ any place else
I'm childhood he had passion for
experimenting with plants. He near
ly starved through pursuing his ex-
periments. He lived for long time
on the scraps of meat the butchers
gave him-scraps they had tossed aside
for the dogs. All his friends urged
him to give up trying to make living
In his nursery.
IA blgoted fool OF a preacher one
day asked him to attend sermon
which he proposed TO devote to Bur.
banks work. He went filled with
hope. thinking that maybe he was
finally to have recognition. The SER
mon had been widely advertised. In
agipe how Burbank must nave felt
when this so-called follower of Christ
poured forth torrent Of denunciation
upon the working dreamer who had
never had thought except In love for
his kind and for flowers, declaring
that Burbank was seeking to usurp the
attributes OF God by attempting to
create new forms of plant life; that II
God had wished these new forms pro.
duced, he would have created them
himself rather than have assigned the
work to Luther Burbank.
THAT preacher ought to have been
stripped OF his clothing right there
and told that II God had intended him
to wear clothing ne would have pro.
vided it as he had for other apes.
Now see the list OF few things that
Luther Burbank has done. He has
by pollination caused the seed Of one
corner Of the poppy plant to grow an
annual plant; Of another corner per.
ennial; from another corner white
peoples; from another section crimson
peoples. He has produced one type Of
poppy that is Of dull orange color with
a white center and smith edge; an
other pure white with green center,
the whole surrounded with q fringe.
He has crossed the plum with the
apricot and produced the plumcot
He has produced plum trees bearing
80 abuntantly that one tree had to be
stripped of $1,000 green plums to keep
the tree from being destroyed, and
then the plums left were all the tree
could stand up under. He has pro-
duced plums with the fragrance Of
flowers and Others with the flavor of
Bartlett pears.
"a scientist who called upon him,
while admitting his miracles with
plants and flowers, ventured the belief
that he could do nothing with trees,
as he woulo have to wait so long for
results. Then Mr.. Burbank pointed
to half dozen walnut trees, which
had been planted'On the roadside and
had received no care They were the
result Of crossing the English walnut
with the California black walnut.
Across the street were English walnut
trees aud black walnut trees 80 years
old, They we're not more than six
inches through and fifteen feet high.
Burbank's trees, on the opposite side,
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