THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR 



Pink sand verbena, Colorado Desert of Cali- 

 fornia Frontispiece 



A typical California poppy field 2 



Seven California wild flowers 90 



(Mariposa tulip, prickly phlox, brodiasa, scarlet 

 bugler, monkey flower, California poppy, owl's 

 clover.) 



A group of five California wild flowers 106 



(A desert ox-eye, wild heliotrope, the primrose of 

 the desert, creosote bush, chia.) 



