LUTHER BURBANK 



tinued, according to my usual method, through 

 successive generations, until at last a plant was 

 found that is as fragrant as could be wished. The 

 plant in question was an exceedingly large ver- 

 bena in fact one of the largest ever grown. The 

 flowers it bore were of a rich rosy pink in color, 

 the exact counterpart of the color of the familiar 

 trailing arbutus or any flower of New England. 



Curiously enough the fragrance of the new 

 verbena was also precisely that of the arbutus in 

 quality, although it was much more intense, as 

 was readily admitted by all who tested the two 

 flowers side by side. 



It was for this reason that the new verbena 

 was given the name of Mayflower. 



Several perfumers who saw this verbena were 

 agreed that it would be of value for the produc- 

 tion of a perfume. It was admitted by all that no 

 verbena with a comparable odor had ever before 

 been seen. 



The subsequent history of the Mayflower has 

 already been told. It was purchased by a dealer, 

 and although plants grown from cuttings made 

 from it are probably in existence, I do not know 

 where they are and do not know how to trace 

 them. 



Aside from its fragrance, the Mayflower was 

 an interesting type of verbena, owing to its size 



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