ORTHOCARPUS PURPURASCENS 

 "Owl's Clover" or "Pink Paint Brush" 



Study because it is a wonderful example of what can be done 

 with our native plants. It also brings out the landscape 

 values of such native materials, which I believe we should 

 become more familiar with. I certainly wish we had such 

 an extensive exhibit here in the North because it would 

 certainly be a mecca for landscape gardeners, botanists and 

 the people at large. I sincerely hope that your wild flower 

 garden may continue to be properly maintained in order 

 that it may teach great lessons in the use of our native ma- 

 terials, especially here in this state where so much exotic 

 material predominates in our landscape work. 

 « Wish best wishes for your continued success, I am 



Yours very truly, 



J. M. Gregg, 

 Professor of Landscape Gardening and Floriculture, Uni- 

 versity of California. 



In all there were planted 262 species of native plants as given at 

 the end of this article. Some of these have died from improper soil 

 conditions, others from too much water and other causes, still in a 



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