AMONG THE TREKS IX SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 



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CEDAR OF LEBANON!. 



carias are most curious, especially the 

 variety called monkey puzzler. This 

 surely would pnzzle any creature that 

 tried to climb it for its long", twisted 

 branches, covered ^ ,r a sniral growth of 

 spiky leaves, look like stiff green ropes 

 surrounding the trunk in a labyrinthine 

 twist. The umbrella tree supports its 

 thick, even canopy of green with a circle 

 of limbs radiating regularly from the 

 trunk like the ribs of an umbrella. The 

 Norfolk pine lifts its even circles of 

 branches far skvward, making us smile 

 as we remember the little specimens of 

 this species, three feet or so in height, 

 that we cherished in our eastern con- 

 servatories, counting with pride each 

 fresh circle of green spikes on our little 

 "Christmas tree." 



The African silver tree is a rare spe- 

 cies of great beauty. Its scale shaped 

 leaves are silverv in color and clothe the 



tall trunk with a gleaming coat of mail. 



A striking contrast to the foreigners 

 around it stands the sturdy, old live oak, 

 native son of the soil. When growing" 

 in the wild wood the oaks are pictur- 

 esquely draped with gray moss but the 

 tew left within the city are huge, broad 

 spreading, umbrageous trees adding 

 greatly to the value of a lot so fortunate 

 as to possess one. 



The Monterey cvnress uplifts its coni- 

 cal spire in charming contrast with the 

 heavy, drooping branches of the ancient 

 cedar of Lebanon, the glory of Carmel- 

 ita. Another Biblical tree is the bay 

 whose faint, spicy fragrance recalls June 

 mornings spent in the green clad mea- 

 dows on Cape Ann's rocky shores where 

 wild rose and bayberry bushes vied with 

 each other in pouring forth their incense. 

 This Pasadena bay is no bush, however, 

 but a broad spreading tree. 



"You know," remarked the pious old 

 gardener, " 'the wicked spreadeth himself 

 like a green bay tree'." 



BAY TREE 



