" There is nothing which could be so interesting to one horticultural^ inclined, as 
this brief account of your wonderful work in training the forces of Nature toward the 
greater benefit of man."— J. Horace McFarland, Penn. 
the «.... 
1899 
SUPPLE/V\ENT TO 
NEW CREATIONS 
FRIIT8 AND FLOWERS 
'sultan. 1 "potawotamie."' 
TWENTIETH CENTURY FRUIT NINETEENTH CENTURY FRUIT. 
" I wish I could express in words, the great work you have done and are doing for 
humanity. Men may come and men may go, but your good work will go on forever, and 
forever, and forever. 
" May the years be many -for you to enjoy the high honors and deserved emoluments 
of your study. You have won your way to the top of the ladder of fame; rest and view 
the world as no man before has ever had the opportunity to do." — Edward W. Davis, 
University of California, Berkeley. 
" His knowledge of plant variation is so excellent, and his actual experience so wide, 
that the production of a novelty, instead of a chance in thousands, obtained by haphazard 
methods, is a matter of definite aim, approached with a wide knowledge of the constituent 
elements and with a very encouraging probability of success."— Carl Purdy in London 
Garden. 
" Whenever humanity calls, Mr. Burbank stands ready to respond, and it may be said 
for his work that his best introductions are yet to come. It requires much time and close 
attention to properly segregate, classify, test and propagate, and after having secured the 
desired improvement the work increases in value and results in geometrical ratio as time 
progresses, one life affording only a good beginning for others to build upon."- — American 
Florist. 
BURBANK'S EXPERIMENT FARMS, 
LUTHER BURBANK, 
Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, U. S. A. 
Office and Residence, 204 Santa Rosa Avenue. 
H. s. Crocker Co., Printers, S. F. 
