4 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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THE WILD NUTMEG 104 



OLIVE TREES 116 



THE CALIFORNIA CHINQUAPIN AS AN 



ORNAMENTAL TREE 130 



THE VARIEGATED Box ELDER . . . 138 



AN ACACIA TREE IN BLOOM . . . 144 



A YOUNG SEQUOIA GIGANTEA . . . 152 



THE LARGEST TREE IN THE WORLD . 158 



YELLOW PINE 162 



THE JUDAS TREE OR RED-BUD . . . 166 



THE HYBRID ELM 170 



OLIVE Ross BURBANK, LUTHER BUR- 

 BANK'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 



