50 Mrs. Theodosia B. Shepherd's Descriptive Catalogue of 



Ye bright mosaics ! that with storied beauty 



The floor of Nature's temple tessellate, 

 What numerous emblems of instructive duty 

 Your forms create ! 



ABRONIA. 



The Abronias are charming trailing plants, sometimes called wild verbenas from the resemblance 

 between the verbena and their showy umbels of brilliant flowers, which are of great fragrance, and produced 

 abundantly. 



A. "Latifolia (Eschscholtz.) Waxy lemon yellow flowers, possessing the odor of orange blossoms. A 

 hardy annual in cultivation, perennial in its wild state, like the following species. 



A. TJmbellata (Lam.) The finest species, producing a profusion of large umbels of bright rose-purple 

 flowers. 10c per packet. 



ANTIRRHINUM. 



A. Orcuttianum (Gray.) A tall, slender annual, with long spikes of either white or violet flowers, 

 discovered in 1882. Perhaps the prettiest of the wild Snapdragons of California. 10c per packet. 



ARCEMONE. 



A. Hispicla (Gray.) Thistle Poppy. A stout prickly annual 3 to 6 feet high, producing numerous large, 

 showy, white flowers, 4 to 5 inches in diameter, almost rivaling the Komneya in beauty, and conspicuous 

 by night or day. Foliage bright green. A very decorative plant, recommended for large grounds. 



A. Mexicana (L.) Flowers yellow. Otherwise similar. 10c per packet. 



ARBUTUS. 



A. Menziesii (Pursh.) The Madrona is a handsome tree, sometimes a hundred feet high, with reddish 

 bark and lovely white flowers. 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS. 



The Manzanitas are handsome shrubs, with reddish exfoliating bark, evergreen — usually light colored — 

 foliage, and lovely clusters of bell-shaped snow-white or rosy blossoms, which often appear even before the 

 snow is off the ground. 



A. Bicolor (Gray.) A coast species, a few feet high. 15c. 



A. Manzanita (Parry.) The Manzanita is one of the largest and most beautiful species, peculiar to 

 the Pacific Coast. 10c. 



A. Pringlei (Parry.) A peculiar mountain form; very beautiful. 25c. 



CEANOTHUS. 



The Wild Lilacs of the Pacific Coast are in endless variety. They are mostly graceful evergreen shrubs 

 or small trees, bearing dense showy racemes of either blue or white flowers. 



C, Tliyrsifiorus (Esch.) Sometimes a small tree, with bright blue flowers. One of the best known in 

 cultivation. 25c per packet. 



DELPHINIUM. 



The Larkspurs scarcely need an introduction, so many species having met with kindly reception. Cal- 

 ifornia, however, has the honor of having contributed several of the finest species yet introduced into general 

 cultivation. 



D. Cardinale (Hook.) A stout perennial, 5 to 7 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. 



DODECATHEON. 



The Giant Cyclamen, Dodecatheon Clevelandi, is one of the most charming of the many lovely spring 

 flowers of Southern California. 



D. Cleveland! (Greene.) As above described, with lavender-oolored divisions of the corolla. 



