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color. Leaves narrow with gracefully-toothed mar- 

 gins. One of our most common and most popular 

 wild flowers. 



Any one or all three of the following species of 

 gilia: Gilia achillaefolia, blue gilia, annual one 

 to one and a half feet high, with small lavender-blue 

 flowers in dense heads on graceful slender stems, and 

 light feathery leaves. Gilia capitata, another blue 

 gilia; also annual, one and a half to two and a half 

 feet high, a slender-growing, somewhat branched 

 plant, with finely-cut foliage and compact heads of 

 light blue flowers. Gilia tri-color, bird's eyes. An 

 annual nine inches to one foot high; flowers pale 

 lilac, yellow toward the center, with five purple spots, 

 a charming combination of colors. 



Mentzelia Lindleyi, blazing star. Annual, two to 

 three feet high, yellowish stems; deeply-toothed 

 green leaves. Flowers large, of delicate silken tex- 

 ture, color a rich golden yellow. One of the most 

 brilliant of all native flowers, especially valuable for 

 sowing in dry, sandy or rocky places, continuing in 

 flower until midsummer. 



Other desirable sorts are: Lupinus affinis, blue 

 lupine, one to two feet high ; Clarkia elegans, purple, 

 two to three feet high; Coreopsis Stillmani, or C. 

 Douglasi, both yellow, six to twelve inches ; Godetia 

 amoena, bottae, or grandiflora, all pink or pink with 

 crimson spots, one to two feet high; Collinsia bi- 

 color, white, lilac, and purple, one to two feet high ; 

 Linanthus densiflorus, rose pink or lilac, one to two 

 feet high ; Nemophila insignis and N. maculata, blue, 

 four to eight inches ; Phacelia Whitlavia, purple, one 

 foot high; Salvia carduacea, light blue, one to two 

 feet high. 



