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The West American Scientist.

Vol. XIV. No. 7.

THE WILD FLOWER PRESERVA-
TION SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

The increased interest in nature

b of a popular nature, has or-
tunately endanger the existence of
m orn ental wild plants that

tors in arousing a healthy public senti-
ment against ae inate

thougt ntless Reins -pickin But it is
evident “that the successful —
sada ttia this nd re-

ion o
quires a central body w wie see direst
and inspire the work; and it also re-
quires some official eencniey of publi-
cation. The bigeye of a vational
£ li ffected on

Hise it + en co.
certain extent the growth of popular
sentiment, is the direct result of the re-
marks by Dr. F. H. Knowlton in his
essay, “‘Suggestions for the Preserva-
’ which was
in me recent

a
sharon of the aims and objects of the

“te peti to me that all # gi oristni ef-
fort that can be made for the conserva-

July, 1903.

re
Whole No. 126. ;

tion of the native flora is naturally di-
visible into two fields: First, the broad-

sentiment regarding the protection of
] in general and, at m-
m te steps that must be taken to

1

ishness which prompts the indiscrim-
anes plucking of every bright-colored
flower or shapely fern that attracts
their eye. A walk afield, yr ge i ee
the presence of nowers and birds, 1
behind a memory sige” pes

CF r

symmetr
br ae or the gratification of the mo-
scenic — a void impossible to fill.”

‘the sahabed ae of labor of the ae
ciety may be su marized as folllows

struction in the differences between
native species, many of which are rare
< easily destroyed, and the introduced
weeds, most of which are so sturdy
and abundant that they will survive
wholesale plucking.
MORAL SUASION.—Public peat
ment can be influenced to a large

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in newspapers and

tent by ape les
azines th subject-matter

is

he Society is ex-
pe ‘ected to peer this work.

—Many cities have
for public use and enjoyment
nd distinguished for

s is one of the m
ans of preserving plant
struction, and Sati will
e.
some few in-
ek clan to invoke
tec t

emerge

EDITORLAI..

Laid pub lish this month an outline of
the work proposed ed the wild flower
Siacncaieueaitont soctety hich we consider
worthy the encouragement of our
readers. In Cali cana Wwe stand in need
of the preservation re eertain eer dotl

and th taken

one The Pa e
caucus enced of Souther rn Califor-
mia, is in m pene rie need of protec-
tion from the irit of commercialism,

dial syir penton with the ob-
pat *) ie organizatio

RANDSBURG MINING DISTRICT.

A topographic map of the country ad-
jacent to the Randsburg and Jchan-
Pret California, is

h dra. and e
braces almost equal portions of Kern

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and San Bernat ‘dino counties, and
shows part of the location of the
Randsburg Railroad, which connects
gas nesburg with Barstow, San- Ber-
ote = county

rte: eale of this map is approxi-
betel one mile to the inch.
tour vertical interval of 5
A: >» Lopographic hactavan of the re-
All roads, trails, mines,
are shown with great exact:
and—most impor tant in
ry—the ions

eae quality but is insufficient in quan-
tity, and w the ater company
charges are not there regarded as ex

ish thos n r
this desert countr Persons occupying
houses or without ter pipes
usually pay one dollar a barrel for
ter :
The whole area repres sésica on this
sheet me one of the most forbidding des-
erts in the United States. The valleys
' 50 YEARS’
EXPERIENCE

illu: eek est cir-
pet urnal, etme $3 a

lustrated w
sd ve rg of any scientific

ear; four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealers.
MUNN & C0.2¢12-0= New York
Branch Office, 625 F St., Washington, D. C.

especially the cob yigart bg
red; Ivs cl red

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are Pa age = beds, the moun-
k.

reoso
knee-high. The Pe eran are abso-
luteiy devoid of grass 0 s.

The mineral wea, principally itis
eonstitutes the whole ot of

nesburg, with an aggregate
eda tpe re ot about 1,200.

WEST a SCIENTIST:
tablished 1 cane
FP. ubli shed Mont
ce 10c a copy: $1 a year: wae
CHARLES igh Aga mo — OKCU TT, iiditor.
Number 365 Twenty-first Stree
San Diego, Catiforn

RR
COLLEO OTED TED DESCRIPTIONS.
OXYTHECA C ARYOPHYLLOIDES Pry.

simple primary stem, or branching
from the base, upper " stems prolonged
ender,

i
less glandular-pubescent ant
> Iws and bracts parently st tri-
gose-puhescent, the whcle her se nd

oblanceo acntats,

YY peareeGl, 4-8 linear, about as long as the

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lines long; involucres obpyramidal, 3 lines
high, shallowly 5 Pipa each lobe with a
naz fede We ieibbe: Sak SuREeI. Wiener
ped ae be an awn a ine or less in length:
ils usually 4, on short pedicels, slightly

bescent on the

oo. divisions, 1-three-fourths po
stamens 9: akene triangular,
closed by ihe withering-persistent Abani

nth.”—Ha U 75.
OXYTHECA L LUTEOLA Par
“Prostrate (3-10 in. a "Richtotom-
ously branched from the base, smooth, or

equaling the bracts; fls pubescent, -
ed (7-15), developing centripetally, the
shert pedicel jointed at of the

i ooh

m

of the involucral awns, the smaller us- |

ually staminate and abortive, with ec

bracteoles of 2 kinds, one linear-spatu- _

late, pubescent and ciliate, the other ©
pedicels;

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et 2 io a nearly to the base, di-
pube out-

ate. pat bet Wickit: stamens 9, insert-
e e base; lenticular, ob-
tusely pointed, the small green embr
wi long curve i and um-
bent jotyledons.’’—Parry, Davenport
ae pr 3:2 (28 F ager “Ridge of the San
rnardino California

(Parish 993). ieeativcend ee William F

in PHORDIA DICTYOSPERME F-M.

m high, 2-4 mm thick,
al ste ems : fed m the base, bran-
ched; rays 3, bts times dichotomous-
ta branched, the umbel longer th he
st:

cr even obcordate, the
upper Potindea vat ‘tite ri iby Phe as mm wite,
1-3 cm long, almost enti crenate ser-

rulate; floral lvs ovate “elliptical A soil
serrulate or crenu'ate, Vv ob-
tu: 6-10 m

n

Lede tba ta 1-1.5 re gen long, free,

ase; seeds culipsoid” mas

ular, Sullowiage brown, 1.8 mm 1.3

m wide, 1 mm thick, or often on adher:

: the. depth of the reticulations much var-

ied, netted, usually prominent and form-

ing large a Southern Washington
to ig og eee ie in et a Ste

t gar

tim: small obla:
acute as on the sterile branches, close

$-15 mm

n
yvuere whi

58 mm Tone

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1.5 mm wide.
California

Tae aoe Engelm
bra

et yen tcmined from the base;
cylindrical, in. long, w
cence, never deciduous;

Mts. soutiern and Baja

inch long, deeply Seabee _the tuber-
cles be;

% in. in diame the rhar he chantieks
led."'Pa rish, Torr el C 19:92. ry hills and
£'Ber

Bulletin 1 of the California botanical
garden has appeared, from which we re-
produce the following from the first of
the 16 closely printed pages:—

The CALIFORNIA TANICAL
GARDEN is a private enterprise, aim-
ing at the ation of as large a col-

s
favorabie conditions existing in South-
ern California for plant life.
THD BUL N will be issued oc-
easionally as a means of communica-
tion with ou rresponcents.
Literature ‘wal always be welcomed

of nS Saycanlaegpenate
rc the collection, will appe: im
time in the bulletin, to factasie reed
pena
CORRESPOND. is i
with the view of Sra al our collec-
tion by hanges. W supply
many things
2) or others, and can oft
quantities of certain seeds, bulbs on
plan

Lists of collectors of native seeds and

ED eter eres catalogues of ev-
and be ba, horti

ed, hee Ane ‘agricultural literature is

general is wa

Address ai’ "Correspondence ar" the
agents, ‘I
The ORCUTT SEED and PLANT %

COMPA