Trees and Shrubs 



Propagate by seeds sown in the open ground during early 

 Spring; cover the seeds one-half inch deep. In the following 

 Spring the seedlings should be transplanted into nursery rows. 



ROMNEYA COULTERII (Matilija Poppy). 



The Romneya is beyond 

 doubt the finest of all wild 

 flowers, none of the newly in- 

 troduced varieties of the Poppy 

 family being equal to this won- 

 derful native flowering shrub. 

 Every garden, unless extremely 

 small, should have its plant of 

 Matilija Poppy. 



The Romneya Coulterii 

 thrives in any soil (provided 

 it is well drained) and re- 

 quires no artificial irrigation, but 

 it must have a sheltered, sunny 

 exposure in order to perfect its large and beautiful Peony-like 

 white flowers. 



This Poppy is propagated by seeds sown in a warm frame 

 during early Spring, sandy leaf-mold being used and the seeds 

 being covered to the depth of a quarter of an inch. It may also 

 be propagated at the same season by division of the roots. 



SALIX (Willow). 



This genus contains over one hundred and fifty species, in- 

 digenous from the farthest North of the Alaskan timber-line to 

 Mexico and from Norway to the Levant. The Willow loves a 

 sheltered valley and a moist soil by the side of a stream where 

 its bunches of rootlets may be seen floating on the water. 



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Romneya Coulterii. 



