The Petunia 



Mr. Burbank has made many very interesting breeding 



experiments with the Petunia. Samples oj his productions are 



shown in this color reproduction. Perhaps the most interesting single 



experiment with this flower was that in which Mr. Burbank hybridized the 



Petunia and the Tobacco plant. The resulting hybrid was a very 



curious plant which combined the characteristics oj both parents. 



Mr. Burbank named it the Nicotunia. It was facetiously 



described as a petunia that had acquired the tobacco 



habit. Unfortunately the hybrids lacked vitality \ 



and did not produce a permanent race. 



