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Show MM1IITS J PLANT LAWS TO I AID HUMAN LIFE 1 Scientist Believes Many Bail Ba-il sic Principles Can Be.Ap-h Be.Ap-h plied Successfully to Man 1 Interested in Flowers I " HA NT A IlOA. CI . Sept. 12 f Hy A. P If fulfillment cornea to the hopes and , Ideals of Luther Rurbank, foremost plant j breeder of the world. history also will! (' record hit Influence Ui tha development of better men well as better plants, for he regard Improvement of mankind aa a greater r Hk that. Improvement of plant apm tea. , 'I hope trm the same lawa. aa far an praartlril.U-. which I have discovered and j. droohtrated In piant life will te appUM ;! to the tm, rnvt-mr.t of human life, said the dean of plant atitntials in hla Want a I ' Kosa horn. ! "Th'a. In a measure, can. muat and will j , b don. he auM-rted. i Anhuuch vry aoelhle minul of Bur tsnk'e d.iy la Riven to hl plant experl- j merit-, he Is glad to give tlina to civic I affair, esrlnllv to the Boy H'-nut, pv-I pv-I ' err.un artlvltlea and aohool doings, fr in these he eea the healnntng of tha ap-i ap-i plication to mankind of hla principles of i plant hnwdln. . "Aly lum ia -ail tee ahese se 4a all I , wlh and hope v-ft to do." ha says t Tha Improvement of itants, according : to Burbntik, la tn ta eitrlle.it Infam-v, hut ; the poasthllltiea ar limitless," he dc-I dc-I ' rlarea. DEVELOPMENT AHEAD. i 1 j "In mechanics and electricity grant grny re s a ir ea dynes been ma'te.but. aa every scientist knows. It la hardly a beginning;. be-ginning;. ' says H urban k, in comparing nit-chantcal and plant knowledge. After alxty years of plant breeding ha nunclatea tha principle.. "llama ara pit able and amenable to tha will of man, but this ha never been aurmlsed by the gn-eraj gn-eraj public until tha laat twenty -five ears." Agriculturists a few yeara ago reported to Hur bank that the tall atalka on which sunflowers drew made It unhandy to har- , v-at the seeds. Hurbank act to work on tha problem, and this ear la marketing frii of a new sunflower, which arowe on , a three-foot stalk. The bloom haa been o srently enlarged that It la a heavier producer of seeds than other varieties and the seeda arc white. Next year he will give tha world six new pnchr. a new pruna which doea nnt need to he dipped before drying, new plum and a new nectarine. Ha haa aln len working several yeara on potato po-tato tn the hope of producing a new vartetv which will rival hla famous "Hur-r.i-nk." grown and used In greater quan-Utv quan-Utv than any other, and after countleea oerimenta hns narrowed hla experimental experimen-tal varieiies down to sixty, from which he will eventually bring out one or more varieties for the world, ; WORKINQ ON FLOW ens. I The ganta Rosa plant acientlat. having producer many frulla, berrlea. vegetables, grasnes and grains of great benefit to mankind Is f-day riving a bit more of his attention than ever before to the de-. de-. velc Mil of beautiful plants and bloa-anms. bloa-anms. although In no measure giving up his wnik and Interest In food, ctotmng and tPnher producing plants. :t I . Is In the development of striking roioi ,f. t)ltitn and flowers, of pleaaing fir.wer fragrances and new flavors In fruits that hla experlmenta today ahow breadth of Imagination. Hundreds of visitors stop In amusement each dsy at the low fences surrounding hla experimental experi-mental plot in this city and gas enrap tured at tha shades of some glorified popular pop-ular flower soma new tlunla. poppy, gladiolus or larkspur. Burba nk haa s hundred thousand new color shades and varieties of the gladiolus gladi-olus In everv conceivable color and combination com-bination of color and of unequalled aise Hla new MrnarHiahusoUriTTre7T hla newest pride. It la a plant from three to ryur feet In height and three fet acroaa and whoe leaves develop an IrrldfiM-ent. flerv. crlmaon, salmon color, a hun never before seen on land or aea. In any plant or anything else rxept the Intense, heat of the electric furnace. It ' retains Its brilliance of color for thre I months. Two years ago there was only I una of theae ptanta In the world. C'onalantiy lnoreaslng publicity for Bur-bank Bur-bank a work naa resulted In his experimental experi-mental grounds here becoming the niece a for thousands of scientists and world notablee In every profession. He re-eelvea re-eelvea as many of these aa possible, but the unnumbered thousands who come cannot, of course, be admitted to the grou tid a, or hie work soon wuu Id ha ve to tie discontinued. He haa now an average aver-age of Uo callera a day, of whom he can but few. On a recent Sunday after-neon after-neon automobiles were arked three deep In the street for tha length of a block beside hla gardena. "I would willingly entertain all who wish to visit my grounds, yet the very nature of nay work requires absolute freedom free-dom from Interruption," he says. All of Hurbank's buafnena la carried on by mall only, a necessary measure been be-en use of the demands made upwn bis tliue. |
