THE WAY THEY TALK IN CALIFORNIA. 



flowers equal in size those of H. imperialis, but are of a pure wliite ; the foliage is 

 elliptic, and rather downy. 



FA(iK.i;A MOiUNP.KFOLiA. Xat. Onl. Lnganiacecp. — The flowers of this strikingly 

 hantisomc new stove ])Iant are trunipet-sliaped, of a di'Iicate rosy hlnsh, with a 

 l)uro white mouth, ])rodiiced in clusters on long terminal spikes. The foliage also 

 is handsome, rcsomljlinji' that of tlie Mat,fnoIia. We are indebted to Messrs. Ilol- 

 lisson for the introduction of this jilant, wliosc collector detected it in the district 

 of Indramaya, in the western part of the Island of Java. Wortliy of a place in 

 every stove. 



Fagr.'ea peregrina. Xat. Ord. Loganiacea;. — From the same locality as the 

 above. The flowers are, however, white ; in other respects, it resembles the fore- 

 going. 



Yriesia splendens. Xat. Ord. Bromeliaccp. — A plant resembling, in many 

 respects, a Tillandsia, but with beautifully variegated foliage. It puts forth a 

 long scarlet spathe, from the colored bracts of which issue the flowers, of a pure 

 white. This is a handsome addition to an interesting tribe of stove plants. 



Blaxpfgrdia N013ILIS. X'at. Ord. LiliacecE. — Well adapted as this is for green- 

 house culture, few persons who have seen it in bloom can fail to admire it ; when 

 more generally known, we can readily imagine no greenhouse will be without it. 

 The flowers arc liliaceous, bright orange and scarlet, remaining in perfection a 

 long time. The foliage is recurved, and resembles a tuft of grass. In habit it is 

 dwarf, not exceeding twelve or fifteen inches in height, and very free blooming. 



Begonta rosacea. Xat. Ord. Begoniacece. — The present was introduced by 

 M. Linden, of Brussels, tlirough that indefatigable collector, M. Triana. It is a 

 tuberous-rooted kind, sending up fine, rather downy, radical leaves, and bearing 

 large blossoms, of a pale rose color. Altogether, this variety promises to become 

 a great favorite. It grows in the Western Cordilleras of Columbia. 



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The American, so lately the possessor of California, seems to have wakened up 

 a new scene in its fine valleys, and already we have records more pleasing and 

 humanizing than those of the gold hunter thirsting after sudden riches. Laying 

 on our table, and inviting perusal, we picked up a month later than it deserved, 

 the Official Report of the California State Agricultural Society's Third Annual 

 Fair, Cattle Show, and Industrial E.xhibition, held at San Jose, the last fall. Its 

 publication marks an era in the history of this Union which it is well not to pass 

 over unnoticed. A whole new country, falling from the hands of an inert race 

 into the possession of a new and energetic people, has been transformed ; the re- 

 sults of energy are here pointed out in most energetic language, and in a spirit 

 that has already swept the lazy Spaniard from the soil ; we hear no more of him 

 than of the red Indian in Pennsylvania. 



California possesses many advantages of soil and climate ; the cultivators are 

 turning their attention, in some places, to tropical fruits, with eminent success, 

 and soon oranges, &c., will form staples which will prevent the need of importing 

 the great luxuries of Central America. Camellias, in many parts, prosper to per- 

 fection. The lemon, lime, the citron, the mango, the sapota, aguacote, or butter- 

 fruit, the pepper-tree, cotton, foreign grape-vines in every variety, the soft-shelled 

 almond, sugar-cane, pomegranate, pine-apples, cotton, the olive, are among the 

 products which do or promise well. 



The Report mentions so many successful cultivators with their thousands of 



