CALIFORNIA WILD FLOWERS 



Floerkia Douglasii. "Meadow Foam. " Annual 6 

 to 9 inches high. A low spreading plant with 

 finely cut leaves and cream colored flowers. 

 Grows in moist places. Pkt. 5c. 



Fremontia calif ornica. ' ' California Slippery-Elm. ' ' 

 Shrub 5 to 20 feet high. Found by General Fre- 

 mont when crossing the Sierras, and named in his 

 honor. It reaches its greatest perfection on the 

 desert side of our mountains, and flowers in early 

 summer, when the bushes are simply a mass of 

 golden yellow flowers, two to three inches across. 

 No more glorious sight can be imagined than a 

 mass of these shrubs in full bloom. The seed 

 is hard to germinate. Pkt. 15c. 



LAYIA KLKGANS 

 See Description on p. 11. 



Gilia abrotanifolia. Annual, 1% to 2% feet high. 

 Of slender habit with a few ascending branches 

 bearing large terminal heads of delicate pale 

 blue flowers, almost as large as the common 

 Scabiosa of our gardens, and indeed at first 

 sight reminding one of that flower. Quite desir- 

 able for cutting. Pkt. loc. 



Gilia achilla^folia. "Blue Gilia." Annual 9 to 

 12 inches high. Small lavender-blue flowers in 

 dense heads, on graceful slender stems. Light 

 green feathery leaves. Pkt. 5c. 



Gilia capitata. "Blue Gilia." Annual 9 to 12 

 inches high. Much resembling the preceding; 

 flowers pale blue to white. Pkt. 5c. 



Gilia dianthoides. "Fringed Gilia or Ground 

 Pink." Annual 2 to 6 inches high. An exqui- 

 site little plant with minute leaves and Phlox- 

 like flowers, rose colored or lilac with yellowish 

 throat. Blending of colors and delicacy of plant 

 indescribably beautiful. Would make an attrac- 

 tive border. Pkt. 15c. 



