desirable ad.iunct. This valley is producing apples, 

 pears and plums of good quality. 



Markets. — "The exportation of fresh fruit to the North- 

 : Territory and Manitoba, which is the natiir.nl mar- 



is specially noted. 

 The markets of 

 the Orient and 

 Australia -n-ill in 

 the near future 

 also be outlets for 

 the surplus fruits 



the 



lishments of 

 sing of some 



sported 



gh price of labor, i 



tition which has to be i 

 jams and other products, 

 stances and glucose, wii 

 California, are, howi\ i i-. \ 

 itate against the suc'^^ • 

 Pests. -Most of tli. I" 

 serious loss to the "r l.i: 

 made their !i])pe:nMii ■ 

 the efforts made f..r • 



Climate. — The dim ii- i :):■■ ^ ii-t is most equable. 

 The temperature sehlnm falls to zero nor rises above 

 75° or 80'. In the interior the variations are naturally 

 greater, but even there, in the coldest part of the win- 

 ter, the temperature does not long remain at or below 

 zero. On the coast, the precipitation is almost entirely 

 in the form of rain, which is sufficient for the 



in the 



dulterated with foreign sub- 

 ii .uiiii- from the east and 

 r\ 'i-iiMus factors which mil- 



^urli . stablishments." 



- whi.h liave caused such 



-•- if "tht-r countries have 



' ! ' '. iiiee, but, thanks to 

 ~:mii. the codlin moth 



CANNA 237 



with drooping, inflated buds and solitary, bell-shaped 

 fls. more than 1 in. long and 1% in. wide, dull yellow, 

 flushed and veined with dull purplish brown. Lvs. has- 

 tate. B.M. «+.-Xot in the Amer. trade. 



CANAEY-BIED FLOWEK is a Tropwolum. 



CANARY GRASS is a Phalin-is. 



CANAVALIA (an aboriginal name). Jjegumindsa>. 

 Trailing or twining herbs ; fls. in axillary racemes. 



pods large and ribbed on edges. Several species, 

 widely distributed in wann countries. 



ensiformis, DC. (C gladiUta, DC). Jack Bean. 

 Chickasaw Lima. Figs. 197, 3-15. Grown in the south- 

 ern states for stock, but the pods make passable snap 

 beans when not more than 4 or 6 in. long. In warm 

 countries it is a bushy plant, with 

 little tendency to climb. The pods 

 reach a length of in-U in., the walls 

 being very hard ami dtn^e » Inn ripe. 



part for agricultuial 

 poses, the objection oe 

 ing that little or none 

 falls during th 



Hcipitation 

 s mostly in the shape 

 it snow,' it is so light 

 hat irrigation h.is to be 

 esorted to. jqhx Craig. 



turgid beans, bearing a very prominent brown seed- 

 scar, are packed crosswise the pod, imbedded in a very 

 thin white, papery lining. The flowers are small and 

 light purple, resembling those of the Cow-pea (though 

 larger) and of various species of Dolichos. The leaflets 

 are3, large and broad (,t-8 in. longand half orthree-fifths 

 as broad), strongly veined and dull, dark green, abruptly 

 pointed and smooth. Tropics. A. G. 14:84. B.M. 4027.— 

 Beans said to be used as a coffee substitute, l, jj_ g, 



CANDLEBEERY, CANDLENUT. See Aleurites. 



CANDYTUFT. See /6i 



(treated 



CANAIGEE. See Sum 



CANARINA (fn.m tin- ( 



Idceu;. Thn-.. sinrie. ,,f tr 



CANE-BRAKE. Species of Aritndi. 

 under Bamboo). 

 nosepalus. CANlSTRUM. See ^chmea. 



Islands). Campanu- 



erbs closely allied to ,j~- CANNA (name of oriental origin, of no application). 

 the calyx and corolla Scitamindcea. Stout, unbranched, large-leaved tropi- 



nts in C's. C. cam- cal an-" *.,..,_.,„„/! .,„m. u — :._v „:.i. 



It from the Canaries, large ; 



