Author: (Luther Burbank Society).
Title: The Joy of Raising Your Own Flowers. The Sixth of a Series of Monographs on the Improvement of Plant Life. (Cover Title).
Description: Santa Rosa, CA: The Luther Burbank Society, 1914. 1914. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are lightly soiled with light staining to the inner corners. 22 pages. Illustrated with 4 charts showing what flowers bloom in the summer and fall months. Good.

Luther Burbank [1849-1926] was influenced by Darwin and became a market gardener in Santa Rosa, Calif. where he conducted plant breeding experiments for fifty years and produced many better varieties of cultivated plants.

This pamphlet is the sixth of a proposed series of fifteen monographs aiming "to create a general interest in agriculture, horticulture, and floriculture with instructions to make it possible for everybody to grow his or her own fruits, flowers, and vegetables. Good .

Keywords: GARDENING; FLORICULTURE; FLOWERS; LUTHER BURBANK SOCIETY; IMPROVEMENT OF PLANT LIFE; MONOGRAPH; PAMPHLET.

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