130 California FriiUs and Flowt rs. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA. 



The Golden Eschscholtzia has aided in no small degree in 

 making California famous as a land ot sunny flowers, and has 

 very fidy been selected as the state flower of California. In its 

 wild state it often covers thousands of acres of hill or plain with 

 its intensely brilliant and richly colored flowers, which in the 

 bright sunlight are perfectly dazzling. Some botanists recog- 

 nize more than a dozen species in this genus. The leading vari- 

 eties in cultivation are known under the following names. 



E. Californica Cham. Flowers large, varying from deep 

 orange to sulphur yellow or even white. The horticultural vari- 

 eties are: — 



I. — Alba. Pure white. 



2. — Alba flore pleno. Double white. Verv choice and 

 beautiful. 



3. — Aurantiaca. 

 4. — Compacta. 

 5. — Crocea. Bright yellow. 

 6. — Crocea flore pleno. Double yellow, new. 

 7. — Crocea striata. 

 8. — Dentata aurantiaca. 

 9. — Dentata sulphurea. 



10. — Mmdarin. Described as a new and very beautiful 

 variety, of a rich orange or crimson backed with brilliant man- 

 darin scarlet. 



II. — Rosea. Very delicate rose color. 

 12. — Rosea flore pleno. 



13. — Rose Cardinal Bright rose to deep carmine, very 

 pretty and remaining in bloom a long lime. 

 14. — Tenuifolia. 



EUCALYPTUS. 



The Australian Gum trees are so thoroughly at home in Cal- 

 ifornia, and so extensively grown, as to almost be considered 

 characteristic ot the state. The more popular species are the 

 following. 



E. AMYGDALINA. The Giant Gum. 



E. CORYNOCALYX Mueller. The Sugar Gum. 



E. GLOBULUS La Billardiere. The Blue Gum, which is more 

 extensively planted than all the others together. 



E. Leucoxylon Mueller. The Iron-bark tree. 



E. ROSTRATA Schl. The Red Gum, now coming into general 

 favor. 



FOUQUIERA. 



F. SPLENDENS Engclm. The Candlewood, or Hocotilo of the 

 Mexicans, is a curious, cactus-like plant, five to ten feet high, 

 bearing terminal spikes or racemes of flaming scarlet flowers. 

 It is characteristic of the desert regions, where it blossoms out- 

 whenever a shower occurs. 



