The wild gardens of old California
Subtitle: a presentment of Padre Juan Crespi and how he went on a journey : of David Douglas, the Scot, and how he introduced the wild flowers of old California into England : and, seeds of hope for the dim and distant future
By: by Charles Francis Saunders ; illustrated with etchings by Edward Borein ; foreword by Ralph Hoffmann
Contributors: Borein, Edward, 1872-1945
Publisher: Wallace Hebberd
Published: 1927
Place of publication: Santa Barbara
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Flowers
Notes: "Seeds of hope for the dim and distant future" is a pocket (or, a square compartment carved out of approximately 60 pages added for this purpose) containing six packets of flower seeds.

Spec. Coll. cop. 1: Pocket wanting. From the library of J. Gregg Layne. Green cloth over boards.

Spec. Coll. cop. 2: Pocket intact, containing all six packets, with publisher's card laid in: "A promise-- The seeds contained in these packets are the result of twenty-five years of study and experiment by a foremost wild flower specialist ..." Quarter green cloth, with multi-colored silk-screened decorated paper over boards.  Purchase, California Curio Company, 2002.