BURBANK'S 1920 OFFERING OF FRUITS, FLOWERS, ETC. 
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New Zealand Flax (Phormium tanax) 
Large, broad leaf ornamental perennial plants, extensively grown in mild 
climates for the long, strong, handsome fibre which is furnished by the leaves. 
Thrives especially well here, and is prized for lawn decoration. Each 60c; three, 
$1.50; ten, $4. 
Bambusa Henonis (Phyllostachis henonis) 
The Bamboos are one of the most useful and ornamental plants which grow on the 
earth. Of these there are over two hundred species, some of which thrive from sea 
level up to 15,000 feet. They are cultivated not only for use in a hundred different 
ways, but also for their surpassing grace and beauty. Most of them are tropical 
or semitropical, but some are quite hardy, enduring a zero temperature. Many 
Bamboos bloom so seldom that it has even been impossible to classify them, and 
others bloom only once in a lifetime, bear seed, and die. 
The United States Government has lately prohibited the further importation of 
bamboos on account of the danger of introducing insect pests. Fortunately an old 
hardy bamboo on my home place bloomed throughout the whole large clump last 
summer, produced seed and promptly died. From these seeds I have raised a lot of 
thrifty young bamboos of the zero type of hardiness. This species, while one of the 
most beautiful, graceful and hardy of all the bamboos, also furnishes a constant 
supply of light, strong plant stakes, bean poles, and fishing poles, while adding 
a unique grace and beauty wherever placed. These can be grown as house orna- 
ments in the colder Eastern states, and planted out in the spring. Each, 75c; 
three, $1.50; ten, $4. 
American Elm 
Well known, beautiful, hardy weeping trees, unsurpassed by any for shade 
and broad landscape effects. Each, 50c; ten, $3.50. 
Lancaster, Mass., Nov. 7, 1919. — We are delighted with the progress made by the 
two walnut trees; the "Paradox" walnut is over the head of a man six feet tall. 
The "Royal" did not quite reach six feet, but was line, making a growth this 
season three times its own height. The morning glories, after climbing nearly 
thirty feet, went to the roof of our house. The Akebia vine was lovely all summer. 
Mrs. F. L. T. W. 
Evergreen Patagonian Cherry — "Ciruelillo" 
Seeds received from the "Sociedad Explotadora de Terra del Fuego" from 
Rio Aysen, south of Chile, May, 1913, stating that they were "from a tree with very 
pretty flowers and yielding the tough wood used locally for cart axles." This 
has proved to be the most rapid growing and most productive of all this class of 
cherries; lumber greatly prized for furniture. Very ornamental, symmetrical 
upright grower, bearing enormous long clusters of fruit nearly one-half inch in 
diameter. Fruit something like Prunus serolina, but far sweeter. Especially 
valuable for drying. Small trees each, 50c; ten, $4. 
