LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



VOLUME I 

 Luther Burbank ...... Frontispiece 



PAGE 



A Cross of Orange and Lemon . ., . 40 



Thornless Blackberry Blossoms ... 44 



A Large, Late-Bearing Red Seedling Cherry 50 



Ordinary Field Corn and Its Tiny Parent 62 



An Experiment in Corn 66 



Armored Against Its Enemies .... 70 



Improved and Wild Cacti Still Bear Leaves 76 



Contrasting Types of Cactus .... 80 



Vestigial Leaves . 86 



A Beautiful Flowering?' Cactus . . ., 90 



This Plant Eats and Digests Insects . 104 



A New Plum and Its Wild Ancestor . . 108 



The Burbank Potato 114 



The Geranium Ready to Receive Pollen . 120 



A Pollen-Laden Bee 124 



Arum Dracunculus — A Fly-Loving Flower 130 



The Coconut's Three Eyes . . . . . 138 

 The Devil's Claw— I . . . . . . .140 



The Devil's Claw— II 142 



The Devil's Claw— III 144 



The Snowball — Cultivated and Wild . . 152 



Some Forms of Corn . 162 



Variation in Corn Seed ., 166 



Rainbow Corn 170 



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