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the narrow-leaved, white-flowered mountain form of the yerba 

 santa, sometimes classed as K. angustifolium, more nearly 

 resembling in aspect the Coast- valley form, formerly known as 

 K. tomentosum, which has conspicuous broad, light-green, 

 velvety foliage. At a distance an occasional mountain yucca, 

 Y. Whipplei, with its magnificent candelabra-like panicle of 

 creamy white flowers tinged with a rich maroon, lent a tropical 

 appearance to the canyon slope. 



Thk BivUK Cypress. — With the exception of a few syca- 

 mores growing along the course of the clear mountain stream 

 running very leisurely through the canyon at this season of the 

 year, Cupressus Gaudalupensis formed the chief arboreal growth; 

 but a disastrous forest fire swept over the mountains a few years 

 ago, leaving only dead and blackened cypress skeletons, to which 

 the very persistent cones cling with tenacity. Here and there a 

 cypress thicket had escaped apparently unscathed, and formed a 

 dark-green relief to the red, sun-baked earth so prevalent through 

 this section of the state. The blue cypress rarely attains a 

 height of over 30 feet, more often less than 20. Millions of young 

 cypress trees have started up along the water-course in this 

 canyon, with the evident aim to reforest the desolated slopes. 

 Probably the seed had been retained in the cypress cones for 

 years for just such an emergency as this, and the fire that 

 destroyed the parent trees liberated it, thus indirectly repairing 

 the injury done. 



MimuIvUS punickus. — Another elegant flowering shrub which 

 never fails to excite admiration is the shrubby monkey-flower, 

 with dark evergreen foliage and rich, brilliant, velvety crimson 

 blossoms, borne in great profusion. It blooms when less than a 

 foot high, and under favorable circumstances forms a wide- 

 spreading bush six feet high, with slender, drooping branches. 

 The flowers on one bush will occasionally vary from a shade of 

 buff to a deep crimson — the usual normal color. A smaller 

 species, M. glutinosus, bears larger, uniformly buff or salmon- 

 colored flowers. 



Pickeringia Montana. — Beside the mimulus in this canyon 

 there grew a slender bush a few feet high, with light pea-green 

 foliage. It was literally covered with small pea-shaped flowers 

 of a dark, rich magenta color. As it is a peculiarly profuse 

 bloomer, much might be expected from it in cultivation, but I 



