LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
FACING 
The improved amaryllis, with the blossoms almost a foot 
across and of great brilliancy . . Frontispiece 
Luther Burbank 
Mr. Burbank’s home at Santa Rosa, California 
On the proving grounds at Sebastopol. Pampas grass in 
the center, various bulbous plants in the foreground . 
Walnut-leaf variation. To the left, common English walnut; 
to the right, the native California black walnut; in the 
center, the new hybrid icioiiaal bred from the 
other two . 
One of the hybrid chestnuts bearing nuts at Seu 
months of age from the seed 
A bed of hybrid poppies 
The central poppy, a brilliant scarlet with purple center, is 
the offspring of the other two. The one to the left, 
Papaver pilosum, a delicate orange; the one to the right, 
Papaver somniferum, the ‘‘Bride poppy,” a pure white. 
Leaves of each are shown 
Variation in hybrid poppy leaves. Out of two thousand 
plants no two were alike “ ‘ 2 
Hundreds of rare hybrid potato plants under glass nearly 
ready for transplanting . . : 
Wild Arizona potatoes used in breeding to give strength 
and hardiness to the common potato 
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