144 California Trees and Flowers. 
nado, when it will receive from San Diegans as cordial a reception 
as that accorded to it by dwellers about the Golden Gate. 
Mary S. Berry. 
CALIFORNIA TREES AND FLOWERS.—IIl. 
LIBOCEDRUS. 
L. DECURRENS Torr. California White Cedar. A tall tree, con- 
ical in shape, in foliage and habit resembling Thuya gigantea. 
LILIUM. 
There are about fifty species of lilies in the world, California 
possessing eight handsome species, which are widely sought for 
their showy and often fragrant flowers. They are better known in 
European than in American gardens, but are worthy of greater 
attention in their native land. 
L. WASHINGTONIANUM Kellogg. The Washington Lily isa tall, 
stately plant, with whorls of dark green leaves and many pure white 
fragrant flowers. A beautiful species, growing in loose soil on ridges 
or lightly shaded hillsides. 
L. PARRYI Watson. This fine and exceedingly rare lily, named 
in honor of the late Dr. C. C. Parry, produces lovely clusters of large 
and very fragrant flowers of a clear lemon yellow. 
L. RUBESCENS Watson. A rare form resembling the Washington 
Lily, except in the color of its exceedingly fragrant flowers, which 
change from white to dark ruby red after opening. 
L. PARVUM Kellogg. A low,slender, graceful plant, bearing from 
two to fifty or more bell-shaped flowers with light yellow centers 
dotted with brown, the petals tipped with scarlet or crimson. 
L. MARITIMUM Kellogg. The Marine Lily resembles the last, 
small, with dark green foliage, and usually fewer deep crimson or 
blood-red flowers, dotted with black. 
L. PARDALINUM Kellogg. Hardy and very handsome, preferring 
a rich moist soil; bearing large and brilliant crimson flowers, dotted 
with black and with a yellow center. <A favorite. 
L. Humpourit #&. & S. Large and tall, stout, with orange-red 
flowers, spotted with brown. Thrives in dry open places. The 
Humboldt Lily is very stately and handsome. 
L. COLUMBIANUM Hanson. A graceful miniature of the last. 
LOBELIA. 
L. SPLENDENS Willd. Two or three feet high, growing in moist 
situations, producing a many-flowered raceme of intense red blos-- 
soms. 
LOESELIA. 
L. TENUIFOLIA Gray. A showy plant, a span toa foot high, pro- 
ducing abundantly brilliant poppy-red or carmine flowers. Peren- 
nial. 
