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Show THE WIZARD, L. BURBANK 1 The Man Who Makes Apples Grow on! Poplar Trees. What he has Done. ! i "lluibank", the wizard In Southern California noted for securing wondrous wond-rous results in the breeding of plants, is rapidly becoming known to even the moit rural populations. Ihirbank is the fellow who grows pumpkins on morning glory vines, white blackberries black-berries on cornstalks, peaches on rose bushes at least docs things as ex-traordinaiy ex-traordinaiy as this. lluibank works on a scale that Is even more astounding astound-ing than the lcsults obtained. For instance he may use a million plants on acies of ground in a single test, Instead In-stead ot a doen in a few pots. And of the million he may destioy ii!m,!)!m before the Una) lesult. The Literary Digest gives a review 'of a book by V. S. Horwood, who writes of Htirbank, and of what he has already accomplished gives the following follow-ing inteiestlng list: "The Improved lliorulcss and spl- culeless edible cactus, food for man and beast, to bo the reclamation of the .lescrti of the world. The primus-berry, a union of the ' utspberry and black be ly. the lirst jeeoidod Instance of the creation of a new species, together with tho phenomenal phe-nomenal berry created from the California Cali-fornia dewberry and the Cuthbert l.tspberry, and the plumcot, the union of the plum and the apricot, all threo 1 the uccompllshment of what had been said to be an impossibility. j A plum with no pit, one with the llavor of a Hartlctt pear, one having u rare fragrance, many plums of great value, raplaclng older varieties. i a walnut with a shell so thin that the birds visited the branches and de-troyed de-troyed the nuts, necessitating tlio reversion re-version of the process to make tho ' shell of the right thickness, A walnut bred with no tannin In Its meat, the coloring matter of the skin which has a disagreeable taste. A tree which grows more rapidly than any other tree ever known In the temperate ones of the world. I The Shasta daisy, a blossom live to seven Inches in diameter, inaik out of ' a wild Held daisy, a Japanese and Kng- ' llsh daisy. ' Gladioli of gieatly enhanced beauty, ' taught to bloom around their entire stem like a hyacinth Instead of the ' old way, on one side. A dahlia with Its disagreeable odor driven out and in its place the odor of the magnolia blossom. A lily with fragrance of the Parma violet, and a sccntlcs? verbena given the intensified fragrance of the trail-ing trail-ing arbutus. A chestnut tree which bears nuts In eighteen months from time of seed-planting. seed-planting. Fruit trees which will withstand freezing In bud and (lower. A poppy so Increased In sl.o that It measures ten inches across its bill-liant bill-liant bloom. An amaryllls bred up from two to three Indies to nearly a foot In diameter. diam-eter. A calla Increased in size until It measures ten to twelve inches in breadth, ar.d then, the process being reversed, bred down to less than two Inches. The white blackberry, 11 rare and beautiful fruit and as toothsome as beautiful. Thousands of varieties of lilies. Ho has greatly Improved the plums.pears, apples, cherries, grapes, quinces, and peaches by selection and breeding. Has developed many varieties of How-eis, How-eis, Improving them In color, hardiness, hardi-ness, and yield; and has added much to the productiveness and edibility of vegetables. Pic-plant with leaves four feet in diameter, bearing overy day hi the year. A pruno three or four times larger than the ordinary French prune and greatly enriched. The pomato, an improvement on the poisonous potatoball, producing a rare fruit which grows upon the top of a potato. Hlackberrles without thorns. The Improved Australian star llower one of the everlasting varieties which is to be used for the decoration of ladles' hats. A larkspur greatly enlarged in size and given a delightful odor. Many improved varieties of grasses. Improved tobacco. These are among the works which have come from his hand; others promising even moro important re-suits re-suits arc now under way." The continuance of Mr. Ilurbank's work under favorable conditions has now been assured by a grant from the Carnegie Institution of $10,000 a year for tho next ton years. It Is understood, under-stood, Mr. Hiirwood tells us, that In thus recognizing Hurbank's services, the Institution takes special cognlz-anco cognlz-anco of their practical bearing on human welfare and the Impossibility of carrying forward his experiments along many of the most promising 1 lines, without special funds Mr. Ihirbank Is now liftj-sfx years of age ' He Is a native of Lancaster, Mass . who after working for some years in a 1 factory In his own slate, went In his twent -sixth year to California for his health Il.'ii! after doing odd Jobs for some time, In- secured enough money to establish a small nursery, whcie he at once began the wonderful scries of experiments that has made hhn famous, fa-mous, llefore leaving Massachusetts he had already produced a new variety of potato, and his career Is a signal Illustration of the following of a decided de-cided "bent" through all sorts of dim unities. |