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over its trunk. These are the characteristic palms of California. 

 The most abundant and widely distributed of 'all our eastern 

 palms is the cabbage palm of palmetto which grows from North 

 Carolina through the Gulf states to Texas. 



Fig. 292. — The California or Washington palm is commonly used as a street 

 tree in California. Palm Canyon possesses a fine stand of these trees. 



Ornamental Shrubs 



Numerous woody Dicots are familiar as ornamental shrubs. 

 In the temperate portions of the United States we find barberry, 

 hydrangea, azalea, Forsythia and lilac; while in the warmer 

 southern portions of the country Scotch broom and oleander are 

 also cultivated. 



The cultivated barberry (fig. 293) is a European shrub with 

 spiny twigs, rosettes of small leaves and clusters of small drooping 



