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at best looks rather untidy. On the lawn where it can have the lower limbs 

 preserved it makes a beautiful specimen. 



The. C_e_dre_l_a3_. 



This is a group of trees which have not been tried out, to our knowledge, 

 on street parkings. They are deciduous trees with compound foliage of a showy 

 size and smooth high trunks. Dr. Franceschii speaks favorably of Cedrela 

 fissilis, in his raport for the "Pomona Journal of Economic Botany." 1 



The Loquats. 



The Loquats (Eriobotrya ^ajjonicti) are rarely found on the parking and while 

 of considerable artistic merit from the point of view of the individual, they 

 are not of sufficient size or of such a nature as to warrant their use on even a 

 narrow street. The litter is considerable all through -the year. 



They appear to succeed equally well from north to south along the coast, 

 and almost as well in the interior, in situations where freezing is not severe. 



Eugenia,. 



Of all the Eugenias, myrtifolia is certainly the most common. This is a 

 tree with small evergroai leaves of good character, (rather inconspicuous flowers) 

 and pinkish berries. The foliage, however, is its chief claim to beauty, the 

 young shoots showing a red color which contrasts well with the older leaves. 

 The style of gro'vth is columnar and hence, serai-formal. The troe stands pruning 

 and trimming and can be used for most formal situations. The columnar habit 

 suggests that it might be used on narrow streets where excessive shade is ob- 

 jectionable. This tree was noted in good form from San Diego as far north 

 as Sacramento. 



The, Eucalypts. 



Trees of this fondly are found in every part of the state and are all 



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