Catalina cherry (Prunus integrifolia) is a native of Santa Catalina and 

 Santa Cruz islands, off the coast of southern California. It has shining ever- 

 green leaves and produces a foliage often used for decorative purposes, as well 

 as for low windbreaks. The blossoms are inconspicuous, of a greenish-white 

 color, and are followed by small fruits of a small purplish-red color. This tree 

 is planted on a street in Hollywood, where it forms a very dark green crown 

 which gives a dense shade. 



All members of this genus are small trees which are well adapted for narrow 

 streets or parkings where large trees would be out of proportion to the build- 

 ings. They also are effective as "accent trees" in front of other shrubbery and 

 trees. They are short-lived as a rule, but grow freely in any fairly good soil, 

 and require little irrigation if the soil is kept loose and free from weeds. 



CHESTNUTS 



The chestnuts are confined to the northern hemisphere, and are widely 

 distributed through eastern North America, southern Europe, northern 

 Africa, western Asia, and central and northern China and Japan. Four species 

 are distinguished of which two are found in this country. The finest chestnut 

 trees in the world are in the southern Appalachian Mountains, where a tree 

 seventy-five feet in height and with a circumference of over thirty-three feet 

 has been found. 



The "spreading chestnut tree" under which the village blacksmith worked 

 is known to every school child. From its wood an armchair was made which 

 was presented to the poet Longfellow on his seventy-second birthday, Feb- 

 ruary 27, 1879. 



The chestnut has many distinctive features. Mature trees have grayish- 

 brown bark with broad, flat, irregular ridges separated by deep fissures. The 

 leaves are six to eight inches long and about two inches wide with coarsely 

 toothed margins. In the fall they assume soft shades of yellow and red. In 

 summer, after most other trees have bloomed, the chestnut blazes into a 

 wealth of odorous, cream-colored blossoms, arranged on long, slender spikes. 

 The nut-producing flowers are fertilized and grow into prickly burs, the sharp 

 spines of which are Nature's protection against injury to the nuts. When 

 the burs split they separate into four parts, revealing two to four shining 

 nuts resting in a velvety brown bed. 



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