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do not know of its having yet been introduced into gardens. 

 The shrub was only from two to four feet high, and was most 

 abundant on the dry est and rockiest ridges of the canyon slopes. 

 Cham^batia FoivioivOSA. — A low, rosaceous shrub, at times 

 scarcely a foot high, with delicately divided, fern-like foliage 

 and white strawberry-like flowers, was found in considerable 

 patches, almost monopolizing the ground where it grew. This 

 shrub, C. foliolosa, might very appropriately be called the straw- 

 berry flowering bush, but has the far less pleasing common name 

 of " tar-bush " — from what cause I know not. 



Fremontia.— The crowning glory of the canyon at the time 

 of my visit was the tangled jungle of Fremontia Californica, 

 then in full bloom. It bordered the slow-running stream for 

 miles, its beautiful wax-like yellow flowers giving occupation to 

 millions of bees, and reminding one somewhat of abutilon blos- 

 soms. Even young plants of the Fremontia are tree-like in 

 shape, and in cultivation it makes symmetrical flowering trees. 

 It is also of comparatively quick growth, and the green leaves, 

 tawny beneath, do not detract from its beauty. Fremontia is 

 certainly destined to be one of the most popular flowering shrubs 

 in California. A single tree growing in San Diego county 

 invariably causes inquiry from every one interested in horti- 

 culture. 



There was beauty enough in this Southern California canyon 

 at the time of our visit to make us long to repeat it. The wild 

 white sage, Audibertia polystachia, was just coming into bloom, 

 and our last look backward showed glimpses of tall lilies growing 

 beside the water and nodding us good-bye. 



*FKUITS ALL THE YEAR ROUND. 



a popular and practical synopsis of temperate 

 and extra-tropical fruits. 



Citrus limonium — Continued. 



Planting.— Lemon trees are usually planted at a distance of from 

 twenty to twenty-five feet apart. Seventy or eighty trees to an acre is a 

 good number to plant. In planting, the lemon tree should receive the same 

 treatment in handling as the orange tree. 



•Copyright, 1891, by 0. R. Orcutt Continued from page GO. 



