WILD RADISH (Rdphanu* satlvus, L.). Flowers purplish, 

 pinkish or whitish with purple veins, about inch across, on 

 erect and much branching stems 2 to 4 feet high. Basal and 

 lower leaves deeply cut, with a large terminal lobe. 



The Wild Radish is the common garden variety, escaped 

 from conventionality and gone back to nature. It has done 

 this so conscientiously, however, throughout the settled parts 

 of California that its showy flowers are often an influential 

 factor in the co*or scheme of the landscape and are sure to ex- 

 cite the attention of plant lovers whose knowlege of the radish 

 has been limited to the ruddy roots that grace the dinner table. 

 It flowers more or less every month in the year, though in 

 most abundance in spring and early summer. 



There is another species of Raphanus that is sometimes 

 met with R. Raphanistrum, L., or Jointed Charlock, an 

 introduced annual with a general appearance of the Wild 

 Radish, but the flowers are normally yellow and the long- 

 beaked pods are so strongly constricted between the seeds as to 

 give the seed vessel the appearance of a necklace. 



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