126 • California Fruits and Flowers. 



C pomeridianum Kunth. The common Soap plant or Amole 

 produces a large, spreading panicle of rather inconspicuous white 

 purplish-veined flowers from an immense fibrous-coated bulb 

 which is sometimes used as a substitute for soap. 



CLARKIA. 



C. elegans Doug I. A showy, profuse flowering annual, six 

 inches to several feet high, of rich purple and other colors. The 

 following varieties have been produced by cultivation. 



i — Alba. With pure white flowers. 



2 — Alba flore pleno. Double white flowers. 



3 — Rosea. Rose-colored flowers. 



4 — Rosea flore pleno. Double rose-colored flowers. 



CLAYTONIA. 



C. perfoliata Don. A succulent annual, with small white or 

 rose-colored flowers. In England it is considered very fine for 

 salad, while in California it is known as Spanish Lettuce. 



cobaea. 



C. scandens Cav. A Mexican climber of the phlox family, 

 highly valued as a rapid grower and for its large bell-shaped 

 flowers, of an apple green color when first opened, changing to 

 lavender and violet and finally to a rich prune purple. * A tall 

 climber. 



COLLINSIA 



Tender annuals, commonly two-colored in their wild state, 

 very pretty. 



C. bartsiaefolia Benth. Purplish or pale violet flowers. 



C. bartsiaefolia alba. A cultivated white variety, rarely 

 found wild. 



C. bicolor Benth. The most showy species,, with purple and 

 white flowers, three-quarters of an inch long, in , large whorls. 

 The following are the leading cultivated varieties. 

 ■ I. — Alba. Lovely white whorls. 

 2. — Atrorubens. A pretty purplish-red variety. 

 3. — Candidissima.. A very pretty dwarf white form* 

 4. — Carnea. 

 5. — Rosea. 



collomia. 



C. grandiflora DouvL An erect annual related to the 

 Gilias, a foot or two high with large showy salmon-colored 

 flowers. ■" - ' '-- • 



CUERESSUS. 



The California species of Cypress are among the most widely 

 planted of evergreen trees or shrubs, and are very 

 ornamental. The Monterey Cypress is especially useful ior 

 hedges. (The Lawson Cypress 'belongs to the genus Chiuriae- 

 cyparis.) 



