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Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



" Luther Burbank of California has done more for this race (Gladiolus Gandavensis) 

 than any other man living. He found that the petals of most of our varieties were too thin 

 for the California climate, and would wilt too soon. By raising and saving seed of the best, 

 and repeating this process over and over, he finally succeeded in producing a strain with 

 thicker petals and dwarfer growth, with all the beautiful colors of this race. This is all he 

 claims and he is not mistaken." M. Crawford, Ohio. 



Lilies. 



KARCH this earth all over ; climb every mountain ; plunge into every 

 canyon, valley and jungle ; and, when all this is done, visit every park, 

 garden, nursery and conservatory ; go anywhere, everywhere, and as 

 many varieties of charming lilies cannot be found as I have produced. All 

 the earth is not adorned with so many new ones as are growing at my 

 establishment. 



M}' lilies are growing on two places — one eight, the other ten miles (by a 

 dusty road ) from any photographer ; and during the very warm weather when 

 they are in bloom, it is exceedingly difficult to bring them so far, in good con- 

 dition, for photographing. 



One foggy morning last summer I succeeded in getting a few blooms over 

 in presentable shape ; they are shown on the next two pages. As the fragrance 

 and colors cotild not be photographed, an attempt is made to convey a mental 

 photograph of some of the points of those here represented. One is white ; 

 another, pale straw or creamy white, with thick, recurving, channeled petals, 

 studded with numerous papillae, with light yellow anthers ; another is perfectly 

 green throughout, in appearance very much resembling a Trillium ; some are 

 Tigridia like ; others open their petals in such a curious manner that the 

 flowers resemble Sprekelias in form ; some are crimson and yellow, or darkest 

 orange yellow with leopard spots, or plain. Many grow six to eight feet high, 

 others, only six to eight inches ; about one-fifth are fragrant, some slightly, 

 others powerftiU}^ so ; some bear only two or three flowers to each stalk, while 

 others have twenty to fifty or more. 



The broad or narrow, long or short leaves, are light or dark green, and 

 sometimes beautifully striped with white ; some varieties have branching stems. 



The bulbs are almost as much of a sttidy as the flowers. Some have flat, 

 thin, open scales like a rose or clematis flower ; others have close, thick, 

 incurved scales, some many jointed, others entire and some crenated ; a few 

 with pink or red bulbs, but oftener yellow, orange, or white, some of which are 

 nearh' globular, others conical, p^-riform or flat ; some throw out numerous 

 long moniliform underground runners ; some varieties have a tendency to start 

 early, others late. 



Though not having a ver}- large stock of some, yet the number of 

 varieties being so great, I will offer the control of some very handsome, hardy 

 ones at from $250 to $10,000 each; and, having a multitude of other new 

 things to absorb my attention, will offer all these lilies to any responsible party 

 or parties for $250,000, including all unbloomed hybrid seedlings and all the 

 hybrid, seed produced this season ; this offer holds good only to November i, 

 1894. 



Lilies are generall}^ quite hardy, as they came into existence through the 

 necessity of protecting themselves against seasons of severe freezing or later, 

 modified, perhaps, in a few cases b}- being subjected to long seasons of fierce 

 heat and drought. 



