TREES 



must often ha%-e quick-growing trees which soon pro- 

 duce fuel, but which have little, if any, value for other 

 purposes. In the eastern part of the Plains the black 

 willow, almond willow, common Cottonwood, silver 

 maple, and box elder are useful trees for this purpose. 

 We should not condemn the use of these easily grown 

 soft-wooiled trees. A forest is a crop, and there is no 

 reason why a farmer may not plant a more quickly 

 growing crop if be wishes, but he should at the same 

 time plant tlie more enduring kinds given in the preced- 

 ing lists. On the central Plains tlie quickly-grown trees 



may include the same willows an. I |..ii\v 1 and also 



the box elder. The silver inaiilr ^^lll n.ii ,1,, wrll iu the 

 greater part of this ceiitr,il lijim, i m ilir \v. stern 

 Plains the list is essentially tin- s,.r,i.. ,is f,.r ilip .-cntral 

 portion: namely, the willows, cottunwimd, and the box 

 elder, to which may be added, here and there, one or 

 more of the western species of Cottonwood. 



Now for the horticultural point of view. About the 

 coiintry homes the first trees are usually Cottonwood, 

 silver maple and box elder, followed later by green ash 

 and white elm \ ery commonlv the red cedar is planted 

 with the first mentioned species, and often bcotch and 

 Austrian pines aie soon added It must be remembered 

 that the settler s house on the I 1 im t m 1 ni the 

 open instead of being hemmed in 1 \ i t in i in 



the eastern portions of the Ann 1 1 m niin i i 1 lie 

 settler's problem is to surround hi h u \mi1i ti t-s 

 not to clear the trees away In towns iiid cm s the 

 Cottonwood silver maple and box elder are geiierallj 

 the pioneer trees since they pioduce a shade sooner 

 than any others and later these are graduilh replaced 

 by green ash and white elm HackbnrM link ^^ iliiiit 

 and buttonwood are occasionalh ] 1 mf I with _ 1 

 success. The species which are m t 1 i_ i\ n I t i 

 wind-breaks for orchards and othei ] 1 Mil ii n ii m 

 raon Cottonwood willow (a variet\ is; /; , i| 

 ver maple and box elder The hi t ni iii n 1 I u 

 of its easy propagation ra] id p:rci\\tli ml cMi ni I i 

 diness, is the favorite tiee for tin i uii \\ 1 i 



landscape gardening is attempttd tin s t( li ind 



TREES 



1841 



Austuan pints Norwav spruce and led ced 11 iu gen 

 erally used, and to these are often added one or moie 

 species of the Rock) Mountain spruces The most 

 generally used deciduous tree for this purpose is the 



white elm (which here attains to a singular beauty of 

 form and foliage), to which are occasionally added bur 

 oak, black walnut and Russian olive (Ela^agnns), and 

 in proper situations, the white willow. The coniferous 

 trees of greatest value 

 for ornamental purposes 

 on the Plains are the 

 Austrian pine, Scotch 

 pine and red cedar. With 

 proper care these may 

 be grown on all parts 

 of the Plains where 

 water enough to main- 

 tain life may be ob- 

 tained. On the extreme 

 eastern border the Nor- 

 way spruce and even the 

 balsam fir have proved 

 valuable. Among decid- 

 uous trees the white elm 

 holds first place fol- 

 lowed by the hackbeiiy 

 (\^hich is not as much 

 pi lilted as it deser\es) 

 and the gieen ish 



C E Bbs I 1 

 Trees Grown for Shade 

 and Ornament in Cali- 

 Somia - The mild md 



timpeiituies tlie tiees a^ 

 vliich thine best in mid 

 dk ( ilifornid ire those 



rei,ions of the globe e g Sfiui 

 terranean region South Afri 

 Chile Many trees of the tenq 

 thrive m this state particular! 

 c Inn It. of the coast and are ot 



( ^ elope 



lES Most Extensively Planted. — The 

 , aie the trees most frequently met with 

 middle California: 



md ornamental 



6 Pmus radiata 

 The relative abundance of the succeeding species is 

 only approximately indicated by their sequence. 



4. Rohiiiia Pseudacacia. probably more widely distributed 

 and occurring in more remote and out-of-the-way 

 places than any other species (except, perhaps, 

 The seeds may have been 



the mines, 

 Melia Azedaraeh,-" 

 Phosnix Ca 

 Sehinus Molle. 

 Acacia melanoxylon. 



> Plan 



byt 



rliest settlers ; 



ubraculifc 



9. Acacia raoUis 



10. Magnolia granditiora. 



11. Populus deltoides, var. Carolinensis. 



12. Washingtonia robusta. 



13. Oordyline aiistralis and other species. 



BidwiUii 

 Arauearia excelsa. 

 Grevillea robusta. 

 Juglans Californic 



and spp. 



1 spp. 



ar. Califoniicum. 



