14 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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THE HYBRID ELM 170 



OLIVE Ross BURBANK, LUTHER BURBANK'S 



MOTHER 184 



LUTHER BURBANK'S BIRTHPLACE .... 202 



THE OLD HOMESTEAD AS IT Now APPEARS . 212 



MRS. LUTHER BURBANK 224 



LUTHER BURBANK AT THE AGE OF TWENTY- 

 FIVE 246 



MY FIRST ADVERTISEMENT 252 



VIEW IN THE SANTA ROSA GARDENS . . . 258 



MIDSUMMER'S VIEW 266 



A SIMPLE BUT IMPORTANT EQUIPMENT . . 274 



SOIL-STIRRING IMPLEMENTS 280 



SEEDS IN THE GREENHOUSE 286 



CLEANING SEEDS 292 



A COLLECTION OF SIEVES 298 



MARKING Rows FOR PLANTING .... 304 



PERMANENT LABELS 312 



AN EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENT 318 



HYBRIDS AND PARENTS 324 



UNNAMED BEAUTIES 330 



TIGRIDIA SEEDS AT WHOLESALE .... 336 



MIDSUMMER AT SANTA ROSA 342 



BACK VIEW OF MY HOME SHOWING VINES 354 



TROPICAL LUXURIANCE 362 



A STRIKING CONTRAST IN SEEDLINGS 370 



