Some Experiments of Luther Burbank 



The leaves are much narrower than in the vittatdy 

 the stalks more slender, and the plants more pro- 

 fuse bloomers. 



Hybridizing crinum with amaryllis develops a 

 plant with a fine flower but no seeds. Crossing 



Japan Walnut, Result of Cross of the Two. English Walnut. 



the small hardy white calla with a yellow one 

 which is not hardy, develops, v/ith selection, a 

 hardy yellow calla. 



A crinum from Florida is hardy but not hand- 

 some. Crossing this with a handsome crinum 

 from Mexico, the plants were selected for those 

 which should be both hardy and handsome. The 



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