LUTHER BURBANK 



species of flowers, coming respectively from 

 Europe, America, and Japan, 



It will be further recalled, that the ideal daisy 

 that I had in mind for years before it became an 

 actuality, showed in superlative degree a consid- 

 erable variety of qualities that were not found in 

 combination in any one of its ancestors. Indeed, 

 the Shasta daisy, as ultimately developed, reveals 

 a number of very conspicuous and important 

 qualities that are not shown at all in any one of 

 its known progenitors. 



To make the illustration specific, we may cite, 

 among the qualities that are assembled in the 

 finished product, the following: (1) extreme size, 

 (2) dazzling whiteness, (3) broad rays, (4) double 

 rays, (5) gracefully drooping rays, (6) keeping 

 quality of flower, (7) smooth stem, (8) early and 

 persistent blooming, (9) hardiness, (10) constant 

 bearing. 



The perfected Shasta daisy manifests these 

 qualities in supreme degree. As regards each and 

 every one of them, it surpasses any of the parental 

 forms from which it sprang; indeed, as to some 

 of them, such as double and drooping rays, it 

 shows an entire departure from all of its observed 

 ancestors, harking back to the remoter forms of 

 past ages. 



But to assemble these qualities in a single 



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