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the use of my name in connection with this par- 

 ticular rose as against a good many other roses 

 that I have developed, because of the fact that 

 the manner of its production suggested that of 

 the production of the first of my important plant 

 developments. In a word, the Burbank rose, 

 like the Burbank potato, owes its origin to the 

 discovery of a seed pod on a plant that rarely 

 produces seed. 



The plant in the present instance was a Bour- 

 bon rose, of the familiar and typical variety 

 known as Hermosa. This rose very rarely bears 

 seed, even in California, but on one occasion I 

 discovered half a dozen seed pods on a plant 

 that did not differ otherwise in any obvious way 

 from its companion plants. 



These seeds were carefully treasured, and 

 from the plants that they grew are descended 

 not only the Burbank rose, but also the Santa 

 Rosa, and a number of others that are less well 

 known. 



With the fact that the Burbank rose was a 

 product of seeds thus accidentally garnered, 

 however, the analogy with the Burbank potato 

 ceases. 



For, whereas the tuberous vegetable was pro- 

 duced in full perfection on one of the plants 

 grown directly from the seeds found in the 



