ORANGE WALL-FLOWER (Erysimum dsperum, DC.). Flowers 

 bright orange, occasionally yellow, fragrant, about f inch in 

 diameter, in showy racemes at first flat-topped, terminating 

 stout, upright stems, 1 to 2 feet tall. Leaves lanceolate, more 

 or less toothed and roughish. Blooms from February to May, 

 or later. 



The Orange Wall-flower (or Western Wall-flower, as it is 

 often called) is one of the most noticeable of Pacific Coast 

 flowers and is found in a variety of situations, in dry plains and 

 sandy washes, in shady mountain canons, and in the sunlit 

 coniferous forests of the Sierra Nevada. The name Wall- 

 flower seems, however, exceedingly inappropriate until we re- 

 member that the term is simply an inheritance from the Old 

 World, where a nearly related plant is common on walls. Our 

 plant has a wide distribution in this country, being found as 

 far east as Texas, Arkansas, and Minnesota,outhward to Mex- 

 ico and northward to British America. It is quite variable in 

 its minor characters and botanists have distinguished several 

 varieties. 



Another Wall-flower (Erysimum grandiflorum, Nutt.) with 

 cream-colored or yellowish blossoms, is common along the sea- 

 shore from Southern California to Oregon. 

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