LUTHER BURBANK 



with a pale blue. The sense of distinguishing har- 

 monious combinations of colors has been more 

 developed since aniline dyes were introduced. 

 This is principally because with the aniline dyes 

 almost any shade of color can be made. Before 

 their introduction the unusual shades were not 

 often seen. 



All the prismatic colors are beautiful and 

 attractive in their proper place. The delicate 

 shades of each of these colors are even more 

 pleasing to the average educated mind. Red is 

 the most insistent color. Yellow and orange are 

 next. White is insistent. Black is insistent. 



In selecting flowers, I aim to pick those that are 

 striking, harmonious, pleasing, and new in respect 

 to color. In order to be able to select flowers for 

 color one must be thoroughly familiar with all of 

 the colors in each variety now in existence. Now 

 that there are more people working for new 

 varieties of plants it often happens that two or 

 more persons will develop new varieties almost 

 exactly alike at the same time. For this reason, 

 it is usually more advisable to work with plants 

 that are not so common. For instance, get seeds 

 and slips from foreign countries, or take wild 

 flowers and domesticate them. 



Each new flower should be developed for some 

 definite purpose. Red is an appetizer even to the 



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