Burbank, Luther. New York, The Luther Burbank Society, 1914.
English, Edition, Very Good, HC, 8vo, 9 1/2" x 6 3/4", Vol. I: 6+ [7] 302 + 8 pp., Vol II: 6 + [7] 302 + 8 pp., Vol III: 6+ [7] 303 + 5 pp.
Dark maroon cloth over board, slightly faded black-and-white oval portrait photograph of Luther Burbank pasted surrounded by gilt decoration to front panel,
blind stamped border and author's signature to front panel, stamped gilt lettering and blind stamped illustration to spine, gilt top edge, and deckled edges. Some wear to edges and bend to tips, light soiling and shelf wear to front and back, minor foxing and light soiling throughout text block, otherwise, clean, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. C
reased bottom tips and crease in binding to back to Vol III. Three of out twelve-volume set written by pioneer in agricultural science, American botanist and horticulturist, Luther Burbank (1849-1926). Each volume includes 105 Direct Color photographs pasted in, Foreword, and List of Direct Color Photograph Prints. Vol I: "How the Cactus Got Its Spines – And How It Lost Them", "Twenty-three Potato Seeds -- And What They Taught", "No Two Living Things Exactly Alike", "The Rivalry of Plants To Please Us", "Let Us Now Produce a New Pink Daisy", "Short-Cuts Into Centuries to Come", "How Far Can Plant Improvement Go?", "Some Plants Which Are Begging for Immediate Improvement", "Piecing the Fragments of a Motion Picture Film". Vol II: "The Shasta Daisy", "The White Blackberry", "The Scented Calla", "The Stoneless Plum", "The Royal Walnut", "The Winter Rhubarb", "The Burbank Cherry", "The Sugar Prune", "Some Interesting Failures". Vol III: "Planning A New Plant", "Plant Affinities", "Practical Pollination", "Quantity Production", "Grafting and Budding", "Letting the Bees Do Their Work", "Fixing Good Traits", Recording the Experiments", "Final Selection". From title page: "Prepared from his field notes covering more than 100,000 experiments made during forty years devoted to plant improvement."
