ON THE REWARDS OF PATIENCE 



Judas tree, thornapple, western sweet-scented 

 shrub, California lilac, shrubby lilac, Coast lilac, 

 mahala mats (trailing or creeping lilac), buck- 

 thorn, cascara, flowering dog-wood, common dog- 

 wood, choke cherry, meadow-sweet, wild apple, 

 burning bush, poison oak, hazel, black willow, 

 creek willow, velvet willow, snow-berry, oso berry, 

 chamissal, and salal. 



Of vines and bearers of small fruit or of hand- 

 some flowers there are the wild grape, Oregon 

 grape, mahonia, huckleberry, bilberry, low goose- 

 berry, straggly gooseberry, canon gooseberry, flow- 

 ering currant, compact flowering currant, tree 

 poppy, modest shrub, Labrador tea, redwood rose, 

 California rose, Sonoma rose, silk-tassel tree, bear 

 brush, yerba santa, bush monkey flower, mistletoe, 

 Dutchman's pipe, salmon berry, raspberry and 

 thimble berry. 



These glimpses of the indigenous flora of the 

 immediate vicinity of the new experiment farm 

 will serve to give an idea of the abundance of 

 interesting native material, for the most part hith- 

 erto quite untouched by the plant experimenter, 

 that awaited investigation. 



ANTICIPATIONS 



Had I felt at liberty to follow my own inclina- 

 tions, paying no heed to the question of practical 

 monetary returns, I could have found abundant 



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