THE GARDENS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. 



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especially yl/(7r/« ya/(7«z'<rrr, or Japanese mulberry, and 

 Downing's everbearing. 



Here the carob or St. John's bread {Ceratonia 

 siliqua), from the distant Mediterranean, unfolds its 

 light green leaflets in the sunshine. This tree is 

 remarkable for resisting drought, and its large pods 

 furnish excellent fodder for horses and cattle. 



Swarms of dusty bees hover over the tall stalks 

 of the honey-plant [Echinops sphccrocephalus), hard 

 by the blooming artichokes or cynaras, and spar- 

 rows hop into the shade of the pistachio-tree, the 



Asia, Italy, Hungary, Austria, France, and Bur- 

 gundy. The summer heat is not sufficient to thor- 

 oughly ripen the fruit, but the vines are raised 

 for experiments in grafting. As yet, the wily phyl- 

 loxera has not attacked this section, although it has 

 destroyed vines in the immediate vicinity. In con- 

 nection with the Experiment Station Building is a 

 wine-cellar, where on a small scale, wines are man- 

 ufactured, and contributed samples chemically 

 tested. 



Five of the twenty-five acres, comprising the 



Fig. 2. The Berkeley Oaks. 



trunk of which exudes, under certain conditions, a 

 gum from which turpentine is made. 



Other economic plants are the cinnamon {Ciniia- 

 momiim glauaim), the caper-bush [Capparis spinosa), 

 the coffee-tree, the Chinese tea-plant, and the red 

 pepper. 



The air is fragrant with the odors of thyme, berg- 

 amot, sweet marjoram, sage, balm, lavender, tansy, 

 and other aromatic herbs, which occupy a bed, in 

 close proximity to their medicinal cousins, the cham- 

 omile, hemlock, ginger, fox-glove, liquorice, tobacco, 

 borage, mullein, and golden-rod. 



This enclosure also contains a plot of over a hun- 

 dred varieties of wild grape vines, from America, 



agricultural grounds, are devoted to the orchards, 

 which contain about one hundred and fifty varieties 

 each of apples and pears, one hundred of peaches, 

 seventy of plums, forty of cherries, and twenty- 

 five of apricots. A few small fruits are also raised, 

 beside certain kmds of vegetables. Here are also 

 to be found thirty varieties of the olive. 



Two or three hundred feet of fencing are con- 

 cealed by a dozen or so trained pear-trees, among 

 which are two kinds of Bartletts, one of the Winter 

 Nelis, and one of the Seckel. The branches of 

 each tree extend perhaps fifteen feet on either side 

 of the main stem. 



The scale-bug has been fought, thus far, with 



