New Britain herald., 1926-04-12

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 Of size and all ripen al .ihe same tlme' After three years q work he
 met tho demand.
 1 Flowers, fruits, grains, grasses, l vegetables, even orchard and forest trees were improved and given 10 the world in new usefulness through months and years of patient and fro- ] quentll discouraging experiments. Wonderful as many of Burbank's achievements with vegetable, plant and flower life seem to the layman the methods by which they were ac- complishcd were not In themselves remarkable. Patience was the chief requisite to his success, Deciding first what hn wished to create, re- make or improve upon in the vcgc- table world. ho began by carefully selecting robust specimens, allowing them "a go to seed, then experiment. Ing with the seeds under widely diff forent conditions of climate, fertiliza- ton and nourishment, Tho product would in turn be submitted 10 radi. cal changes from lis natural clc- monts and the product Of this would undergo further experimentation and so the artificial evolution pro grcssed until the final result either mot the wizards requirements or was abandoned as useless.
 Grating Methods
 When experiments with seeds ,rf ntA grating upon the secds or upon fresh young shoots often was em- pioycl. It was through a combina- ton of these me't ods, fortified by his ineXhanstibIe patience. thnt en- ahlel Burbank to impart delightful odors 10 naturally ill-smcling flow CTS; 10 grow gigantic plants from dwarf varieties, and 10 produce q perfect calla lily only one inch In diameter when full grown. These arc hut q few of the queer nnomalys resulting from the heretofore un- heard ot liberties he took with ma lures vegetation.
 Burhank'S eXpcrime farms at Santa Rosa and Sehaetopol, d near hy town. became q mecca for states men. kings, princes, rhianthropists horticultnrists. biologists. bo'anists and humanitarians as the fame of their owner spread. Never of n commercial turn, Burbank permit ted an association known as Tho IEthor Burbank society. chartered by the state of California and en- dowel by wealthy patrons, to dis seminate the knonladcn of plants and vegetables which he worked cut.
 In addition to the congressional , grant of land, his work was rccog- ri7'd by th" Carnf gic FnUAlation in <. l905 by 2 cift of sl0.000 annually l for period of lo years 10 insure q !. ronti1rntion Of his experiments. In 1921, when tho city Of Santa Rosa completed new sSoo.00t park. it was named after Luther Burbank. 1 He turned tho first shovel of earth . in the construction. and later laii . Cut tho gardens. which cover A. ! acre tract.
 The state Of California also hon ored ils distinruished resident somo years aEo hy naming March [, Bur banks birthday. as Eirf and Arhor lay and the occasion has since baon elfbratsd as school holiday throughout the etat".
 Burbank married Elizabeth J. Waters. of Hastings. Mich. Deccm- Der q. 1916, !
 New Year. Gift
 As New Ycar's gift to thc world the naturalist on January !. 1926 announced q group of new flowers and plants.
 One of thesr was thc new camas- sin, q striking blu" flower, which cN- cG"ded all others of its kind in i''auty and ability to multiply. From fis Rainbow corn, he produced the Rainbow iaoeinth, a plant that grows right t"ot in hcight and bears eight Q If ears 10 each Staln.
 Tho third vas q ncw giant car- .ns Towering zinnia while among ne others were . hyhird tritomas, l new species of the torch lily; sn improved strain of the Shas'q daisy. much larger and more co)orful than | 'hn old, and a new kind of fufty [ giant as'"r.
 II can say that am satistlod t 'tth my years work" ho told visl- ( ors at his gardens, flor I must be ( The year Is done and it I