Fig. 2!I8. AitCTos'i'APHYI.OS MANZANITA l';irry. Flowering br.-iiic-lilct. TIowcll >ri)iintain, 

 Nap:i Co., Feb., ]89r>. l']xteusi\"o cU'ariu^s of ln'usli Imuls wen' iii.-idf in tiic liills of tlic N:i[)a Uangc 

 sLxtv or seventy year.s since for afjiii'ult'U'al iiur|io,ses. During tlie last ten to fiftc<'n years many 

 ranelies have lieen al)an(lonerl. Wlieiever tin' liand of man is removed Aretostapliylos manzaiiitu 

 moves promptly into a vineyard, an oreliard or a pasture and repossesses its ancient domain. Plioto. 

 Geo. Wilco.x. 



