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Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



^New Myrtle. Jo^^^i^vt P-^^^^^^ 



The most attractive shrub and one which everybod}' admires for the 

 beauty of its foliage and flowers, and its spicy fragrance, is a new silver 

 variegated Roman Myrtle or " Bride's Myrtle (Myrtus communis) which 

 originated on ni}' grounds in 1882 from seed of the common green-leaved 

 variety. 



The original plant and all the cuttings which have been grown from it 

 have mdntained their beautiful variegation and compact growth without any 

 tendency to change. There is an old variety which grows upright with strag- 

 ling branches, the leaves of which have a dull unattractive appearance. 



The new one grows compact, with drooping branches, graceful in every 

 outline ; each leaf has a broad border of snowy white, with onh' a narrow 

 line of green in the center, and growing readily from cuttings ; it is, without 

 doubt, the best variegated shrub for outdoor planting where it is hardy, and 

 one of the best for florists' use and home culture. 



Stock : Three hundred large plants and about 500 small ones, from 

 both of which 20,000 cuttings can be made next fall. Price, $400. 



" Nothing could be more elegant, pleasing and satisfactory. The handsomest varie- 

 gated shrub I have ever seen." 



David Mei^drum, California State Gardener (once with Robert Buist). 



New Poppy. 



-S ilver Linin o.- W- 0^ riuA^*^- 



By six years' selection from a sport of Papaver umbrosum (Butterfly 

 Poppy) I have succeeded in producing a variety, now nearly or quite fixed, 

 which instead of being crimson and black on the inside of each petal is a glisten- 

 ing silvery white ; the outside remains the same brilliant crimson, producing an 

 effect which is strikingly beautiftil. 



A New Plant. 



The Nicotmiia. 



This is the first time this word was ever printed, and the plant is one which 

 has never before been seen ; some botanist asks, " What is it ? " It is the 

 name which I have given to a new race of plants produced l^y crossing the 

 large flowering Xicotianas with the Petunias. If one thinks he can take right 

 hold and produce Nicotunias as he wotild hybrid Petunias or cross-bred Prim- 

 roses, let him tr}- ; there is no patent on their manufacture ; but if the five hun- 

 dredth crossing succeeds, or even the five thousandth, under the best conditions 

 obtainable, he will surely be ver}- successful ; I do not fear any immediate 

 competition. 



The plants have slender, drooping or trailing tomentose green, red andpurple 

 stalks and leaves twice or three times as large as the Petunia ; the, flowers are 

 handsome, white, pink, carmine or striped and borne in bounteous profusion. 

 No seed is ever produced, but the\' are very readily multiplied by cuttings. 



" Burbank, the wizard of horticulture." — Sam'l Watson, in Orchard and Farm. 



