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showy and fragrant herbaceous plants 

 growing about them, or out in the open 

 in beds by themselves lilies, Mariposa 

 tulips, brodiaeas, orchids several spe- 

 cies of each ; iris, spraguea, draperia, 

 collomia, collinsia, castilleia, nemophila, 

 larkspur, columbine, goldenrods, sun- 

 flowers, and mints of many species, 

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honeysuckle, etc., etc. Many fine ferns 

 dwell here, also, especially the beautiful 

 and interesting rock-ferns pellaea, and 

 cheilanthes of several species fringing 

 and resetting dry rockpiles and ledges : 

 woodwardia and asplenium on damp 

 spots with fronds six or seven feet 

 high ; the delicate maiden-hair in mossy 



