LUTHER BURBANK 



It was stated in connection with this picture 

 that of the "forty thousand blackberry-raspberry 

 hybrids of this kind, Paradox is the only one now 

 in existence. From the other twenty-five thou- 

 sand hybrids about two dozen bushes are left for 

 further trial, but from these selected ones, won- 

 derful new berries are appearing whose forces are 

 so fixed in the right direction that they generally 

 produce good and productive seedlings." 



It may be of interest, as giving farther insight 

 into the work, to quote the concluding sentence 

 which states that: "This pile of brush cost some- 

 thing like $700, and is one of fourteen similar piles 

 which were cremated on one of my places last 

 summer." 



Of similar import is the account given of the 

 hybrid lilies, which were declared to be so varied 

 in character, thanks to the hybridizing of many 

 species, that "all the earth is not adorned with so 

 many new ones as are growing at my establish- 

 ment." A description of the varied characteristics 

 of some of these lilies, and two pages of illustra- 

 tions showing fifteen diversified forms, are intro- 

 duced by way of substantiation. 



To the reader of to-day it may seem a work of 

 supererogation to dwell thus on the fact that ex- 

 periments, the results of which were published in 

 1893-1894, demonstrated so obvious a proposition 



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