TO LUTHER BURBANK, OF SANTA ROSA, 
WHOSE CREATIVE HORTICULTURAL 
GENIUS HAS, BY NEW COINAGE OF 
“BLOOMING, AMBROSIAL FRUIT OF VEGE- 
TABLE GOLD,” AMPLY REQUITED THE 
WORLD’S GIFT OF THE CHOICEST FLOW- 
ERS AND FRUITS FOR THE ADVANCE- 
MENT AND ADORNMENT OF CALIFORNIA 
—THUS BESTOWING NEW HONORS UPON 
THE STATE AND NEW RICHES UPON MAN- 
KIND—THIS WORK IS CORDIALLY IN- 
SCRIBED AS AN EXPONENT OF ESTEEM 
AND APPRECIATION. 
