LUTHER BURBANK 



races of perpetual bloomers comparable to the 

 best of pelargoniums would be produced. Few 

 plants among all the popular favorites have greater 

 merits than the geraniums, and none, perhaps, 

 offer better opportunities for interesting experi- 

 ments that may be made by the amateur. 



A plant which has been 

 worked on by experimenters 

 for two thousand years pre- 

 sents a difficult problem for 

 anyone who strives to develop 

 new races of unusual value. It 

 is like working against the 

 traditions of the ages to 

 attempt to modify the 

 characteristics of such a 

 plant in a new direction. 



