Luther Burbank, greatest wizard of the plant world, crowned with years, a prophet honored in his own country, was the central figure of the Burbank Golden Jubilee Celebration and Sonoma County Prune Festival at Santa Rosa, CaL, which has been his home since he moved there from Massachusetts in 1875.
The week was marked by a Mardi Gras atmosphere, a parade with hundreds of floral floats, a historical pageant of the community's life " Under Five Flags," special tributes from California's children, astonishing botanical exhibits, congratulatory telegrams to Burbank from friends all...
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