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cypress, pine and eucalyptus planted years ago, and more recently 
by the Mesembryanthemum. The following list of plants named 
by them, or named by others from their collections, may be of 
interest: Abronia latifolia (Yellow Sand Verbena), Ceanothus 
thyrsiflorus (California Lilac), Eschscholtzia calif ornica (Cali¬ 
fornia Poppy), Hypericum anagalloides (Swamp St. John’s- 
wort), Lupinus Chamissonis (Blue Bush Lupine), Frankenia 
grandifolia (Salt-weed), Rhamnus calif ornica (Coffee-berry), 
Horkelia calif ornica. Aster Chamissonis, Lessingia germanor um, 
Franseria Chamissonis, Eriophyllum artemisiaefolium (Golden 
Yarrow), Tanacetum camphoratum (Tansy), Artemisia calif or¬ 
nica, Phacelia malvaefolia, Micromeria Chamissonis (Yerba 
Buena), Myrica calif ornica (Wax Myrtle), Cryptantha Chori- 
siana (White Forget-me-not), Rubus ursinus and Rubus vitifo- 
lius (Blackberry), Solanum umbelliferum (Blue Nightshade), 
Scrophularia calif ornica (Bee-plant ). B 
Another Russian Collection 
Extensive collections were made by others 3 and seeds of many of 
the trees which had been named from the specimens collected by 
Menzies, Douglas and others, were sent to the Imperial Botanic 
Garden at St. Petersburg (as it was then known) and distributed 
to other countries. A collection made by I. G. Vosnesensky in 
1840 and 1841 was recently discovered and sent to the Arnold 
Arboretum for determination. Mr. John Thomas Howell, of the 
California Academy of Sciences, was asked to name the specimens 
and undertook the interesting task. If these had been named when 
received, many species of Californian plants would today have 
