LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



A Burbank Strawberry . . . Frontispiece 



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A Cactus Fruit That Imitates the 



Pear 10 



Cactus Fruit on the Slab ... 14 



A Good Specimen 18 



A Well-Proportioned Fruit* ... 20 



Fruit of a Chilean Myrtle ... 28 



The Fruit of the Strawberry Tree . 32 

 Fruit of One of My Greatly Improved 



Varieties of Mountain Ash . . 36 

 The Result of Education .... 42 

 A Cluster of the New White Elder- 

 berries 50 



Color Variations in the Canes of the 



Hybrid Blackberries .... 56 



The Stem Finally Selected ... 62 



Baby Plants 74 



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