CONTENTS 



PAOE 



Nuts as a Profitable Crop ... 7 



The Paper Shell and Other Walnuts 27 

 The Chestnut — Bearing Nuts at Six 



Months 51 



The Hickory Nut — and Other Nuts 77 



Growing Trees for Lumber ... 97 

 Trees Whose Products Are Useful 



Substances 125 



Trees and Shrubs for Shade and 



Ornament 149 



Personal and Historical .... 175 



The Story of Luther Burbank . . 217 



My Early Years at Santa Rosa . 243 



Patience and Its Reward .... 271 



A Summary of the Work . . . 309 



The Bearing of This Work on Human 



Life 349 



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