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Gentian
Gentiana calycosa. Drawn in Gentian Gully at Alpine Meadows, near Truckee, California. The steep, rocky, and pine-clad slopes where these brave blue flowers grow serve to protect them from thoughtless picking. What a blessing that they are somewhat inaccessible! —Henry Evans
290 copies were printed and sell for $100.00 each.
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Cosmos
Probably Cosmos diversifolius. Drawn in the garden of Susan and Rod McCormick in Fallon, Nevada. This old-fashioned garden favorite was swaying gently in the hot summer sun, its strange fingery leaves adding a contrast of delicate green to its buoyant image. —Henry Evans
240 copies were printed and sell for $150.00 each.
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Bitterroot
Lewisia rediviva. Drawn on the edge of Devils Canyon in the Mount Veeder Range off Lokoya Road in Napa County, California. This is the famed little plant that Sacajewea taught the men of Lewis and Clark's Expedition to eat when they were hungrily traversing what is now Montana. In that same state, there is a valley, a river, a mountain range, and an Indian tribe named for the plant, and it is, very logically, the State Flower of Montana. —Henry Evans
290 copies were printed and sell for $150.00 each.
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Salal
Gaultheria shallon. Salal usually blooms from April to July. It is often seen as a lovely ground cover in pine and redwood forests. The foliage of the plant is extremely decorative. On harvesting, it becomes the "lemonleaf"of the florists—greens commonly used in bouquets and arrangements. —Henry Evans
250 copies were printed and sell for $150.00 each.
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Penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus.The drawing for this print was made in our garden in the Napa Valley. There are about 250 different kinds of penstemons, and all except one, which is in northeast Asia, are native to the North American continent. Found in open places, on rocky hillsides, and in mountain valleys, it blooms from April to July. —Henry Evans
180 copies were printed in monochrome black (not shown) and sell for $50.00 each.
240 copies were printed as shown and sell for $100.00 each.
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Fawn Lily
Erythronium californicum. Coming upon a patch of these low-growing delicate plants in the quiet of the spring woods is like walking into an encampment of dainty creatures, silent as only plants can be, mildly fragrant if one leans close. —Henry Evans
210 copies were printed and sell for $200.00 each.
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Tiger Lily
Lilium pardalinum.The binomial translates "leopard lily," which is more accurate than the common name, "tiger lily." (I've never seen a spotted tiger.) Drawn in the botanical garden at Mills College in Oakland, California. —Henry Evans
240 copies were printed in monochrome pale orange (not shown) and sell for $50.00 each.
195 copies were printed as shown and sell for $200.00 each
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California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum. The range of the California
fuchsia includes some parts of Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino counties, where it blooms in August and September. Its bright red flowers are somewhat suggestive of fuchsia blossoms. —Henry Evans
240 copies were printed and sell for $100.00 each.
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Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii. Drawn in a meadow truly full of native wildflowers along Snell Valley Road in Napa County, California. —Henry Evans
250 copies were printed and sell for $150.00 each.
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Mariposa Lily
Calochortus venustus. Drawn at Stanford University's magnificent biological preserve at Jasper Ridge. Four blocks were used for this print, but, due to overlays, more than four colors result. This is one of my favorite wildflowers. —Henry Evans
250 copies were printed and sell for $200.00 each.
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Western Redbud
Cercis occidentalis. Although the redbud normally blooms in February, March, and April, it is variable as to time of flowering and in leaf form as well. This gorgeous shrub can easily grow into a small tree 15 or more feet high. Words cannot describe the dreamlike effect of the delicate colors of a whole tree in bloom. One's awareness becomes flooded with a warm, unworldly sense of peace. —Henry Evans
260 copies were printed and sell for $150.00 each.
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Clarkia
Clarkia concinna. The genus was named for Captain William Clark (1770-1838) of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Blooming in May, June, and July, this absolutely lovely plant is known by many common names: red ribbons, fringed clarkia, lovely clarkia, and others. I find the form and structure of the flowers particularly charming, perhaps because they are so unusual and so unlike other flowers blooming at the same time. —Henry Evans
245 copies were printed and sell for $150.00 each.
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