146 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
fruits it presented, 
now prominent, were 
tier bertection /(the 
present popular 
“Wickson”), ‘“‘Dela- 
Wate,  Oohipper, 
“Gold,” with as many 
more hybrid and 
cross-bred plums; the 
“Eureka,” “Dictator,” 
Paradox, ~ October 
Giant,’ “Autumn 
King,” with other ber- 
ries and crosses; the 
peach x almond, x 
Japan plum, x Chick- 
asaw, x apricot; the almond x 
same, pyrus japonica x quince; quince x crabapple; Chi- 
nese quince x apple and 
others. Then there were 
shown seedlings of the new 
‘““Seckel Pear’; five new 
quinces, including the famous 
“Childs” and Van Deman; 
new potatoes, one of them 
the peculiar “Aerial”; the 
begonia-leaved squash and 
the cross-bred tomatoes. ‘The 
dozen new roses and as many 
‘“Silver-Lining” poppy, a new 
myrtle; hybrid clematis; hybrid 
nicotianas, and a new family 
which the author names ‘“‘Nico- 
tunia,”’ a union of large flower- 
ing nicotianas with petunias; 
new ampelopsis veitchi; wax 
myrtle; seedling tigridias; new 
cannas, arums, amaryllis, bro- 
dias, aquilegias, asters, etc. 
The frontispiece is a_photo- 
graph of leaves from the new 
walnuts, Juglans Californica 
x J Regia and Juglans nigra x 
Californica. A magnificent 
row of the first lines the 
roadway in front of the Bur- 
bank home gardens. ‘The trees 
are twice the size of the ordi- 
nary walnut at double their years. 
fast as the combined growths of both parents. 
produces _ prolifically 
nuts three times the 
bulk of the ordinary 
American or Cali- 
fornia varieties. 
With these is an- 
nounced the Japan 
Mammoth Chest- 
nuts, since named 
the “Hall.” 
1894, second edi- 
tion of ‘New Crea- 
tions.” Announce- 
ment of the cross- 
bred Japan plum 
“Prolific,” finest of 
the first crosses. Ap- 
pear, also the cross- 
bred white _ black- 
berry “Iceberg,” the 
blackberry-raspberry 
Feijoa sellowiana A new loquat 
Japan plum; apricot x the 
Stoneless prunes 
Wickson 
and Satsuma) 
and the third and the fourth editions of ‘‘New Creations.” 
1900, Mr. Burbank’s substi- 
tute for the French prune, 
the “Sugar” prune as given to 
flower lists include half a 
more callas and lilies; the 
View of the home ground in Santa Rosa 
They grow twice as 
The latter 
Native California golden-leafed chestnut 
April, 1911 
hybrids, ‘‘Humboldt,” 
and ‘‘Paradox,”’ a new 
race of clematis; new 
callas;‘‘Snowdrift’’and 
‘Fragrance,’ Ostrich 
Plume, Waverly, 
Double Jackmaurie 
and Sanguinosa types, 
seedlings of Pyrus 
Japonica, and the new 
rose, ‘‘Peachblow.”’ 
1895, a group of 
hybrid lilies and the 
“Burbank” and ‘‘Tar- 
rytown” cannas are 
announced; also the 
“Apple,” “America,” “Chaleo,” “Bartlett,” “Shiro” and 
“October Purple’ plums, the last a cross of Satsuma and a 
Japanese seedling, the “‘Giant”’ 
prune and three new chestnut 
seedlings, “Coe,” ‘“‘McBar- 
land,” and “Hale,” offspring 
of the Japan Mammoth. 
No more _ introductions 
were made until 1898-1899, 
when appeared the “Climax” 
and “Sultan” (cross mon 
plums, the pineapple quince 
the market. Since known as 
“Splendor,” the original name 
is derived from the proportion 
of sugar in the fruit, 240pen 
cent.; the French variety car- 
rying 181%. It has displaced 
the French variety, which had 
been the only reliance of fruit 
growers. Appear also this year 
the new winter apple Graven- 
stein type; other hybrid plums; 
the “Oriental” poppy, hybrid 
tigridias and clematis, and a 
new canna of the Crazy type. 
1901, fifth edition of ‘““New 
Creations” and a supplement 
are issued. Announcements are made of the ‘First’ and 
“Combination” plums (this is a cross of 8 varieties). 
1902, publication 
of “Fundamental 
Principles of Plant 
Breeding.” 
1904, introductions 
of plums, a rhubarb 
and three strains of 
the Shasta daisy. 
1905 was a year 
of flower novelties. 
1906, 1907, ap- 
pear four new plums, 
and a union of plum 
and apricot. 
He has since at- 
tained many new cul- 
tures, the latest an 
evening — primrose, 
all a credit to his 
horticultural skill 
and perseverance. 
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