310 LUTHER BURBANK 



The impression created by the first brochure is 

 referred to in the introduction to the supplemen- 

 tary one in the following words : 



"Twelve months have passed since the first 

 number of the 'New Creations in Fruits and 

 Flowers' was sent out on its mission among 

 dealers in trees and plants, great care being 

 taken to confine it to the trade only ; but, before 

 the few hundred first published were all deliv- 

 ered, orders came pouring in with each mail, like 

 the falling of autumn leaves, for more, more, 

 and again more had to be printed, and to this day 

 the requests for 'New Creations' are increasing 

 rapidly, instead of diminishing, as it had been 

 hoped they would. 



"Probably no horticultural publication ever 

 created more profound surprise or received a 

 more hearty welcome. Almost every mail brings 

 requests for them from colleges, experiment sta- 

 tions, libraries, students, and scientific societies 

 in Europe and America, and it has been trans- 

 lated into other languages for foreign lands, even 

 where it would seem that scientific horticulture 

 was hardly recognized; some asking for one, 

 others for two or three, or a dozen or two, or 

 more. All these requests have been cheerfully 

 responded to, but from this time on we shall be 

 obliged to make a charge. We cannot attend to 



