LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (Continued) 



Cockscomb P^ 



Aid From the Butterfly 303 



Daisy 



Shasta Daisies by Mr. Burbank 's Porch Frontispiece 



The Shasta Daisy 6 



Original New England Ox-Eyes 9 



The Shasta Daisy and Two of Its Parents 1 1 



The Shasta and Another European Ox- Eye 15 



Shastas as High as the Fence 19 



A Typical Shasta Daisy Bush 21 



563 Buds and Blossoms 22 



A Million Shasta Daisies in a Row 25 



Evidence of Chrysanthemum Cousinship 28 



Many Steps Toward a Given End 31 



Three Shastas From Different Lots 35 



A Sport Among the Shastas 37 



Exotics 



Rare Exotics 279 



Petunia 



The Petunia 270 



Plum 



Large Plum With Small Seed 102 



Standard Plum With Large Stone 104 



A Plum With Small Stone and Much Meat 105 



A Typical Stoneless Plum 109 



Peach and Almond Stones Compared 1 14 



A Stoneless Seedling 117 



An Improved Stoneless Seedling 119 



Three Stages of Development 121 



Seedling Plum With Stem Attached 125 



One Result of Stonelessness 127 



Double Seeds Take the Place of a Stone 129 



Another Stoneless Plum Compromise 131 



Many Plums on One Tree 133 



Ancestor and Descendant 135 



Potato 



Step-Mothered Potatoes 285 



