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Luther Burbank

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About Luther Burbank

Luther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist, and pioneer in agricultural science who developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. Burbank primarily worked with fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables. He developed a spineless cactus and the plumcot.

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Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature.
Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature.
I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection.
If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed.

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Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.
I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection.
It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while.