26 
Sunday, April 18. Pine Canon and base of Mt. 
Diablo. Calochortus pulchellus, Anemopsis, etc. Take 
8:30 a. m. Antioch train at 40th and Shafter sts., Oak- 
land, to Meinert Station. Walk to Pine Canon and lunch 
at Castle Rocks. Return to Meinert for 6:16 p. m. 
train. Ten miles. Round trip to Meinert, $1.25. Lead- 
er, Mr. C. W. Carruth. 
SQUAW CARPET FOR GROUND COVER. 
While at great expense and pains we search the 
whole world for exotics to adorn our gardens and parks 
it often happens that we overlook native plants which 
are fully as beautiful and valuable. One such is Ceano- 
thus prostratus, the Squaw Carpet or Mahala Mat, of 
our Sierra and Coast Ranges. It forms a close matted 
carpet densely foliaged with shapely evergreen leaves 
topped in springtime with a cloud of deep blue clus- 
tered flowers, and later on with queer little three- 
cornered fruits. 
Its deep root system renders it resistant to drought, 
but makes it dificult to transplant mature specimens. 
It is readily propagated, however, either by seed or by 
cuttings, or by seedlings which sprout in dense masses 
wherever fire has destroyed the parent growth. — Geo. 
B. Purniss. 
Another desirable plant is the Azalea of our moun- 
tain stream banks, Rhododendron occidentale. Rooted 
jStocks are easily transplanted, and thrive well in half- 
shade if only the deep irrigation it needs is provided for 
by a joint of sewer pipe planted upright beside it and 
filled daily during dry weather. 
The other Rhododendron, R. calif ornicum, of our 
northern coast is more difficult to secure and domesti- 
cate and perhaps in garden culture will never show the 
glory of bloom which it wears on its native heath. 
But it is well worth trying by any one who prizes such 
souvenirs of the sun. — C. B. Bradley. 
CHRISTMAS FLOWERING ON PT. REYES. 
The twenty-six plants of the following list were all 
found in blloom by Professor H. E. McMinn and Mr. W. 
W. Carruth near Inverness, Marin Co., on December 26, 
1919: Anagallis arvensis, Anthemis cotula, Aster chil- 
ensis, Baccharis pilularis, Brassica campestris, Cas- 
tilleia sp., Cotula coronopifolia, Diplacus glutinosus, 
Erigeron canadensis, Eschscholtzia calif ornica, Garrya 
elliptica, Grindelia cuneifolia, Grindelia -robust®, Gna- 
phalium sp., Hypochaeris radicata, Iris macrosiphon, 
Lathyrus sp., Montia sp., Oxalis corniculata, Rubus 
parviflorus, Rubus vitifolius, Senecio sp., Trifolium sp., 
Umbellularia ealifornica, Viola canina var adunca, Viola 
sarmentosa. 
