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Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



their customers. The enormous amount of correspondence required by these 

 plans has induced me to publish this circular, thus bringing these productions 

 more distinctly before purchasers. This list is sent only to a few hundred 

 prominent American and foreign firms. If the stock and exclusive control of 

 any of these new plants, which will soon be recorded in the horticultural 

 world as standards, is desired, it will be necessary to write early, as no doubt 

 some of them will be sold before these circulars are all distributed. 



The names of a large portion of all the prominent floral, seed, and nurser}' 

 firms of the world have honored my order books for the past eighteen years ; 

 and when once recorded appear perennially ever afterwards; and it gives me 

 great pleasure to see the familiar names reappear with each recurring season 

 with larger orders and increasing confidence. 



LUTHER BURBANK. 



IVIy Grounds Are Ilot Open to the Pablie. 



June is my reception 

 month for intending pur- 

 chasers. Nature ma}^ 

 then be seen at her work, 

 as everything is in full 

 blast ; trees growing, berries ripening, 

 and flowers blooming. 



In corresponding please kindly be as 

 concise and brief as possible ; a thought- 

 less question often requires hours of study 

 to present the true light to the inquirer ; 

 and, as no one else can answer the myriad ques- 

 tions asked, my correspondence is getting to be a 

 serious burden. 



Visitors to m}- grounds who expect to find 

 long, uniform rows of beautiful plants will not 

 see what the}' expect ; but, instead, will see 

 chaos, utter chaos ; a workshop, the birthplace 

 of new vegetable forms. The faithful camera 

 ^ has been invoked to represent a few of them ; and hor- 

 '^i^ticulturists, botanists, and biologists, among the most 

 eminent in America, who have walked among them, and 

 in whose eyes their forms and colors have been photo- 

 graphed, have always expressed themselves in terms of 

 wonder and surprise ; some of them speak further along 

 in these pages. 



As an index to the estimation in which my work is 

 held by those who do not see the inside : 



A member of one of the largest nursery and floral 

 firms in the United States, who had traveled over three 

 thousand miles to see my grounds, after leaving the railroad station, overtook 

 an old gentleman who had for years worked for me, and inquired of him 



