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C. Goveniana Got dan. Usually a low bushy shrub or tree. 



C. Guadalupensis Watson. The Blue Cypress is one of 

 the most ornamental species in the genus. Tall and graceful 

 with fine glaucous foliage, and of a dense compact growth. 



C. Macnabiana Mu*t. A graceful little tree, rarely over ten 

 feet high. 



C. macrocarpa Hartw. The Monterey Cypress. Said to 

 resemble the Cedar of Lebanon in habit, with dense far-spreading 

 branches. 



darlingtonia. 



D. Californica Torrey. A striking 

 perennial plant of curious aspect. Of 

 greenish yellow hue, bearing a nodding 

 purplish flower. One of the Pitcher 

 plants, noted for its alluring insects to 

 dieir destruction. 



datura. 

 D. meteloides D C. A rank growing 

 plant, with large white flowers delicately 

 shaded with violet. Very handsome in 

 cultivation, but a common weed in Cal- 

 ifornia. 



DELPHINIUM. 



The larkspurs scarcely need an intro- 



darlingionia. duction, so many species having met with 



kindly reception. California, however, has the honor of having 



contributed several of the finest species yet introduced into 



general cultivation. 



D. cardinale Hook. A stout perennial, five to seven feet 

 tall, producing magnificent panicles of bright, handsome scarlet 

 flowers with a yellowish center. Quite hardy. 



D. decorum F. & M. A foot high, with a long spike of 

 brilliant indigo blue flowers. Very fine. 



D. NUDICAULE T. of G. Flowers in spikes a foot long, light 

 scarlet to crimson. 



DICENTRA. 



Glabrous perennials, usually showy, with pinnately divided 

 leaves and racemes or panicles of brilliant flowers. 



D. chrysantha H. df A. A most generous plant, contin- 

 uously in bloom irom Mav until October. The small rich lemon 

 yellow* flowers borne in a terminal panicle a foot or two long; 

 the plant two to four feet high, very effective for grouping in 

 borders; the finely divided foliage resembling some ferns, of a 

 very pale bluish-green and very beautiful. Roots easily trans- 

 planted in the fall or winter, or the plant may be grown from 

 seed. Grows wild on dry hills, but thrives in rich garden soil. 



