PLATE 11. 



1. Solanum Rantonnetii Carr. BLUE-FLOWERED SOLANUM. 



Branch taken from a vine twelve feet high, grown at Santa Barbara, 

 California. Often trained as a flowering shrub and usually more florif- 

 erous than shown in this illustration. Flowers violet-blue. 



2. Feijoa Sellowiana Berg. FEIJOA. 



Flowering branch from a plant grown at Pasadena, California. Petals 

 red, the inrolled margins white. Leaves green above, white-silky be- 

 neath. The plant is a tall shrub, grown as an ornamental and also for its 

 perfumed fruits. 



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