ILLUSTRATIONS 



Luther Burbank Frontispiece 



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Pussy willows 2 



Burbank's childhood home in New England 3 



Chestnut blossom 14 



The little brick schoolhouse 16 



The Nashua River, Lancaster, Mass 19 



Burbank potatoes 26 



The vine-covered cottage in Santa Rosa 28 



Baby plants 29 



Conservatory at the old home of Luther Burbank 30 



Japanese spaniel 32 



Luther Burbank's present home 38 



Children from a public school at Luther Burbank's home on Bur- 

 bank Day (Arbor Day in California) 39 



View of one corner of the Sebastopol grounds 44 



The "O. K." mark 47 



How new plants are made . 49 



White bleeding heart 51 



Two Shasta daisies 56 



The Shasta daisy Facing page 58 



Miss Eschscholtzia 60 



