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Luther Burbank. His Methods and Discoveries. Vol. I.

Dedication PageLuther Burbank

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Luther Burbank. His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application. Vol. I.

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Luther Burbank

Editors:

John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams

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Luther Burbank Press

Place of Printing:

New York and London

Date of Printing:

1914

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Author and Commentators

Luther Burbank (1849-1926). Botanist and horticulturist. Born in Massachusetts, Burbank moved to Santa Rosa, CA where he created hundreds of varieties of plants.

Henry Smith Williams (1863-1943). Physician, lawyer, author.

The Book

This set of books were prepared from Burbank’s original field notes covering more than 100,000 experiments made during forty years devoted to plant improvement, with the assistance of the Luther Burbank Society and its entire membership.

Contents

1. I. How the Cactus Got Its Spines – and How It Lost Them.
2. II. Twenty-three Potato Seeds – and What They Taught.
3. III. No Two Living Things Exactly Alike.
4. IV. The Rivalry of Plants to Please Us.
5. V. Let Us Now Produce a Pink Daisy.
6. VI. Short-cuts into the Centuries to Come.
7. VII. How Far Can Plant Improvement Go?
8. VIII. Some Plants Which are Begging for Immediate Improvement.
9. IX. Piercing the Fragments of a Motion Picture Film.
10. List of Direct Color Photograph Prints.

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CoverDedication PageLuther BurbankTitle PageForewordCopyrightCactus SpinesChapter ICactus SpinesCactus SeedlingCactus LeavesCactus LeavesCactusCactus LeafCactus FlowerMonkey-Puzzle TreeSpineless CactusChapter IIEucalyptusDahliaSensitive PlantPlant Folds UpIce PlantPitcher PlantPotato Seed BallPotato SeedlingsBurbank PotatoGeraniumChapter IIIGeraniumGeraniumCarnationCarnationPollen Laden BeeChinese Carion LilyOrchidOrchid's Pollen BundlesHummingbird FlowerCornCoconutDevil's Claw 1Devil's Claw 2Devil's Claw 3Chapter IVSnowballVioletVioletPansyChinese LilyOrangeCornCornWild LettuceAfrican Orange DaisyChapter VWhite DaisyDaisy VariationsWhite DaisyWhite DaisyWhtie DaisyOrange Yellow DaisyOrange DaisyDaisyDaisyPink DaisyPink DaisyPink DaisyPink DaisyPlantingChapter VIVerbenasWatsoniasCactus SeedlingsCactus SeedlingsBurbank at WorkTulipsApple GraftChestnut GraftBurbank BonfireBurbank RecordsCherry TreeChapter VIIPlumcotAmaryllisAmaryllisAmaryllisHybrid PoppiesPrimus BerryTigridiasPotato SeedlingsBlackberry CanesBurbank PlumWalnutsChapter VIIIPlum's BloomIndestructable BloomAsparagusGladiolusThornless BlackberryApple EnemyCherryAsterSunflowerSunflower StalkBurbank PlumChapter IXSnow on the MountainRainbow CornCalifornia PoppyCrimsom PoppyWhite PoppyPoppy PoppyPoppyPoppy VariationWhite & Crimson PoppyIMG_0014a List of PhotosIMG_0014b PhotosIMG_0014c PhotosIMG_0014d List of Photos