U LUTHER BURBAXK 



By propagating this ipecimen a« utual* by 

 division, fragrant callaa preciady like the mother 

 plant were aooo developed in quantity. 



Other races showing the quality of aoent- 

 production in v^rymg measure were produced 

 from the seed, but no one of the seedling 

 yaricties ever equaled the selected plant, and 

 the finest fragrant callaa in existence to^y 

 are all the descendants, through the "•"^'^'^ss 

 of division, of tlie original second g< >n 



•eedling. 



This new race of calUa wis nimed the 

 "Fragrance." 



Fortunately it chanced to combine with the 

 habit of perfume production the habit of abun- 

 dant and constant blooming. Indeed, in this 

 regard it probably excels all other varieties of 



calla. 



The New Cali^ a "Spoki 



It thus appears that the perfumed calla wa.n 

 developed through selection, and in the short 

 period of two generations, from a perfumed 

 individual that appeared "spontaneously" among 

 some thousands of odorless seedlings. 



Using a term that is peculiarly popular in 

 recent years, we might say that so marked a 

 variation from the normal or usual form of calla 

 constituted a "mutation." 



