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divide similarly farther up, tut usually tnere is but one division. As time 

 goes on these branches attain great size and from their own weight and tendencies 

 of hsbit assume a more or less horizontal position. While the wood is not ex- 

 ceptionably brittle, specimens of considerable size are often split by the 

 weight of the branches in such a way that the shape of the tree is hopelessly 

 ruined. See Fig. 



Of course the logical solution of the problem is for some enthusiastic 

 nurseryman to make a study of the training of these trees with the hope of 

 securing trained specimens which will be suitable for street work. The effort 

 to thwart natural habits is a tedious operation - the result, if successful, 

 must demand a price which some will be loath to invest. But it is to be hoped 

 that the time is fast coming when all the nursery stock used for streets will 

 be first class only. 



This tree, in its best development is confined almost entirely to southern 

 California. About the Bay we find most of the trees, although still very young, 

 are assuming a shrubby rather than a tree-like habit. 



The Cypresses. 



The Arizona Cypress (.. arizonica) is one for which Dr. Franceschi entertains 

 considerable hope. Coming from the mountains of Arizona, it will stand consider- 

 able cold and drought. Like the Guadnlupe Cypress it has a silvery color, though 

 as a tree it never becomes so large or spreading a tree. 



The commonest cypress ie of course the Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocorpa). 

 This hae been planted freely and is still being largely used in spite of the fact 

 that in the Redlands - Riverside district, its age is limited to forty or fifty 

 years at best with a period of marked shabbinese commencing anywhere from the 

 twentieth to the thirtieth year on. No one as yet has ascertained the cause 

 of the injury or the remedy although there are many conjectures. This decline 

 in vigor is to be noted to a more slight degree throughout the other parts of the 

 state but is not so marked or so objectionable as in the south. 



