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The Guadalupe Cypress (C,. guadalupensisl . is met with frequently and often 

 forms a finer tree than the tymterey. Popularly speaking the two are quite 

 similar except that the Guadalupe Cypress has a striking blue color to the 

 foliage. The glaucuous color varies somewhat but is usually of fairly deep tint. 

 This tree does not seem to be as ehort-lived as the Monterey species, although 

 many think that it vail go the same way. Time will be the only test and for that 

 we must wait. 



The Italian or Oriental Cypress (. sempervirens. var. fastigiata.) is often 

 found, and often in the most absurd places. Its tall columnar form gives a 

 formal effect which cannot be gainsaid. This very shape also makes it 

 practically useless as a shade tree. 



The problem then is simplified to the question - is there a place for so 

 formal a tree as the Italian Cypress! No one will venture to say that such a 

 place may not be found. Street planting at best is more or less formal through 

 force of necessity. The placing of lights and poles for practical purposes must 

 be mathematical and the symmetrical planting of the trees is more staisfactory 

 than an irregular or "landscaped" planting, if such a term may be used. This 

 is true unless, with extreme emphasis on the exception, - unless the paving of 

 the straots and side\<falks, the construction of the lights and the type of archi- 

 tecture of the residences are all of such exalted type that specially designed 

 planting is absolutely necessary. Then it is to be hoped that the planting will 

 be entrusted to one who shall have the same intelligence and care as those who 

 designed the residences. Landscape work on the street is a most trying form of 

 work and calls for a sane mind and considerable native ingenuity.. 



Lawson's Cypress ( Chamaecypari s Lawsoniana) while not a true cypress in 

 many ways resembling them may be put hare for convenience in grouping common 

 names. Thio tree is a tree which is found on the parkings and even under the 

 bast of circumstances does not belong there. It produces a very dense shade and 

 considerable litter. It will surviv* on poor soil and with little water but 



