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California Fruits and Flowers. 



GILIA. 



Handsome, low growing, profuse blooming annuals, well known 

 to every cultivator of flowers. The genus' is peculiar to West 

 America with a lew exceptions. A few species perennial but not 

 yet known in cultivation. The numerous varieties in cultivation 

 mostly originated in California, of which the following are best 

 known. 



G. achilleaefolia Benth. Light blue clusters of flowers. 

 G. achilleaefolia ALBA. White variety. 



G. BICOLOR. 



G. capitata Douql. Delicate blue, in dense clusters 

 G. capitata alba. White variety. 



G. CAPITATA MAJOR. 



G. DIANTHOIDES Endl One of 

 the most charming of Californian annuals, 

 producing a profusion of brilliant rose-pink 

 flowers which completely smother the little 

 plant with loveliness. Flowers large, with 

 a light yellow center. Plant seldom ex- 

 ceeds three inches in height, but forms a 

 broad mat. A perfect gem 



G. DIANTHOIDES alba A choice white 

 variety of surpassing beauty. 



G. LACINIATA, 



G. liniflora Benth. A finely branch- 

 ing plant, a foot or two high with large 



GILIA DIANTHOIDES. whke Qr pa j e blue fl owe rs. 



G. minima caerulea. A dwarf form with lovely blue flowers 



G. NIVALIS. 



G. tricolor Benth. Familiar in cultivation, with several 

 horticultural varieties as follows : 

 I— Alba. 



2 — Rosea — splendens. 

 3 — Rubro — violacea . 



GODETIA. 



G. QUADrivulnera Spacli. A slender annual, with either 

 white or bright phlox-purple flowers, quite showy, a foot or two 

 high. 



GREVILLEA. 



G. ROBUSTA Cunningham. A beautiful tree for the lawn or 

 street, indigenous to eastern Australia, but now extensively planted 

 in California for its beauty. Of rapid growth and resisting 

 drought in a remarkable degree. Grows to a height of 150 feet. 



HESPEROCALLIS. 



The Day Lily of the Desert is one of tne most beautiful and 

 characteristic plants of the desert regions of California. The 



