Biology

The
enduring
Shasta daisy—
Easy to grow,
Invasively spreads in the 
garden. 

With little or no encouragement 
it will take
over whole plots. Standing tall, 
flaunting a pure white flower; 
nothing eats it. 

Luther Burbank took some 
fifteen years getting the purest 
white color he loved by old 
fashioned genetic engineering 
of four species. 

Look closely at the flower's 
gorgeous, yellow center. See 
the perfect whorl. Count the 
petals. For my flowers I often 
find thirty four. Could Luther 
have counted or would he have 
cared? Fibonacci—biology.

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