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I have also grown Mimulus brevipes. Monardella lanceolata 

 is grown on the continent of Europe by some of the large seed 

 growers. 



Dodecatheon Clevelandi has grown well, and much more 

 quickly than the eastern forms usually do. The eastern forms do 

 not usually grow until after a considerable interval, but the seed 

 of D. Clevelandi germinated in a few days. The plants do not 

 get beyond the seed leaf the first season in any of the varieties. 



Wm. Thompson. 



A fine red lynx (Lynx rufus) was recently caught in a steel 

 trap at Coburg, Oregon. It was eighteen inches in height at the 

 shoulders, two feet and three inches long from the nose to the 

 root of the tail, and the tail was seven inches long. 



CALIFORNIA TREES AND FLOWERS. 



'In all parts of the civilized world, the refinement, innocence 

 and happiness of the people maybe measured by the flowers they 

 cultivate,' says an eloquent author. I would add, that the wild 

 flowers of a country must furnish a truthful index to the adapta- 

 bility of that land as a home for the human race, for, where they 

 abound, there too man may seek for fruitful toil, pleasure and 

 rest. 



Where may lovelier flowers, more brilliant tints, or more deli- 

 cate coloring be found in greater profusion than on the mountains 

 and mesas, in canyon and meadow, throughout the length and 

 breadth of California! And where may a more perfect abiding 

 place be found for man ! 



It is to the beautiful annuals which in springtime cover the hills 

 and mesas, that California owes her just fame as a land of flowers. 

 Perhaps in no country in the world do the early spring flowers so 

 change the face of the earth from a desolate waste to a beautiful 

 garden, as on the Pacific coast — hills, mesas, mountains and val- 

 leys, and the arid plains of the desert, alike, quickly responding 

 to the vivifying rain. California has probably already furnished 

 to the horticulturist a greater variety of beautiful flowers and 

 stately trees than any other State in the Union. Yet many 

 others are awaiting the appreciation of man, or wasting their 

 sweetness on the desert air. 



In this essay it is intended to give brief descriptions of those 

 already introduced into cultivation, with reference to the varieties 

 produced by cultivation, together with notes on many that are 

 well worthy of introduction. A few trees and plants, not natives 

 of California, but now closely identified with our flora, either by 

 cultivation or naturalization, are also noticed. 



*) An asterisk indicates that the colors have been carefully determined by comparison 

 with Ridgway's 'Nomenclature of Colors.' 



