LUTHER BURBANK 



some interesting results through selection, in that 

 it now produces blossoms, a single petal of which 

 would cover the entire blossom of any of tne larger 

 primroses under cultivation. The flower itself is 

 sometimes six inches or more in diameter. A bed 

 of these plants reminds one of a lot of handker- 

 chiefs spread out on a lawn, as the blossoms are 

 somewhat square with rounded corners. A new 

 crop is produced each morning throughout the 

 entire summer. 



The plant itself is somewhat trailing, and about 

 two feet to two and one-half feet in diameter. It 

 is a perennial, though it commences to bloom quite 

 early in the season. 



This large flowered variety has been produced 

 by most rigid selection for size, form, and white- 

 ness and substance of flower, and it far surpasses 

 all other members of the genus in size and beauty. 



I have hybridized this Chilean race with the 

 common Oenothera acaulis, or Taraxaci folia, and 

 produced a large number of intermediates, from 

 the best of which I have made selection. These 

 hybrids seem to come absolutely true in the sec- 

 ond generation, so far as foliage is concerned, 

 being in all cases intermediate between the two 

 species. This is perhaps what would have been 

 expected in a member of this race, in view of the 

 observations of Professor DeVries. The plant 



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