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father of, VIII, 235; on his 



father's farm, VIII, 235; 

 health of, VIII, 236-237; be- 

 gins study of medicine, VIII, 

 237 ; plans changed by father's 

 death, VIII, 237; influenced 

 by "Animals and Plants under 

 Domestication," VIII, 238; 

 might have been an inventor, 

 VIII, 239; hereditary gifts 

 of, VIII, 239; early experi- 

 ence at Lunenburg, Mass., 

 VIII, 240; moves to Califor- 

 nia, VIII, 241; trip to Cali- 

 fornia, VIII, 244; brothers in 

 California, VIII, 244-245; in- 

 heritance from Puritan an- 

 cestors, VIII, 245; ten pota- 

 toes a valuable asset, VIII, 

 250; at Santa Rosa, VIII, 

 251; difficulties in beginning 

 in California, VIII, 253; works 

 at carpentry, VIII, 254; re- 

 sult of first year in Cali- 

 fornia, VIII, 254-255; fills 

 order for 20,000 prune trees, 

 VIII, 256; grafts 20,000 

 prunes on almond seedlings, 

 VIII, 260-261 ; begins new life 

 work, VIII, 264-268; collects 

 new material, VIII, 265; pur- 

 chases Sebastopol farm, VIII, 

 268-269 ; secures material from 

 Japan, VIII, 268; anticipa- 

 tions and results, VIII, 277- 

 279; materials for new work, 

 VIII, 279-282; materials re- 

 ceived from abroad, VIII, 

 282-284; receives aid from 

 many plant collectorSj VIII, 

 283; methods and purposes 

 of, VIII, 284; develops or- 

 chard fruits, VIII, 287; seeks 

 hardiness, VIII, 288; per- 

 sistence of, VIII, 288; seeks 

 practical results, VIII, 288- 

 289; proves theory of natural 

 selection, VIII, 290: s^ipnti- 

 fic results obtained, VIII, 291- 



294; announces new develop- 

 ments, VIII, 295; ten years 

 of progress of, VIII, 306- 

 308 



Burbank, Olive Ross, lover of 

 nature, VIII, 225-226 



Burbank, Samuel Walton, VIII, 

 183 



Burbank canna, VII, 37-41 



Burbank catalogues, used for 

 textbooks, VIII, 306 



BURBANK CHERRY, II, 111-132 



Burbank cherry, II, 111-132; 

 III, 117 



Burbank giant, winter rhubarb 

 crossed with, V, 240 



Burbank plum, first introduced, 

 III, 330; importance of, as 

 California shipping plum, III, 

 331; trees resist cold, III, 333 



BURBANK PLUMS AND How 

 THEY WERE PRODUCED, III, 

 341-352 



Burbank potato, history of, I, 

 113-116; V, 285-287, 295-304; 

 VIII, 197 



Burbank quince, seedling of 

 pineapple quince, III, 247 



Burbank rose, VI, 225-234 



Bur clover, characteristics of, 

 VI, 38-39 



Burdock, improved, V, 236-238 



Burroughs, John, on straw- 

 berry, IV, 281 



Bush bean, V, 154-155 



Bush scallop squash, V, 109-110 



Butterfly, pollenizes cherry blos- 

 soms, I, 145; Prof. Loeb on, 

 II, 344-347 



Butternut, VIII, 25, 43-45, 52 



Cabbage, V, 116-120 



Cabinet wood, II, 68 



Cactus, I, 69-92, 94, 147-148; 



111,15; IV, 78; V, 7-21; VI, 



95-170; VIII, 307 

 CACTUS PEAR, A PROFITABLE 



FRUIT, V, 7-21 

 California black walnut, II, 61 



