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4. It requires extra care when young with staking and pruning to 

 encourage a good form. 



None of these matters are insurmountable difficulties, but they are matters 

 entailing considerable labor and expense and should not be overlooked. 



The Big Trees,. 



The Sequoia ( Sequo ia Glgantea.) is coramonly found through the south but 

 rarely on the parking. It would need, of course, a wide parking, and a gr ^at 

 length of time to mature. While most of the specimens were of reasonable size 

 and looked fairly happy, probably none would appear so well under street con- 

 ditions. 



The Redwood (Sequoia sernpervirens) is found quite freely on the parkings, 

 though in no cases were trees on the parkings of any great age or size. The 

 habit of the Redwood while young is at best rather straggling and even at maturity 

 it is often far from symmetrical. Furthermore it is a tree which one considers 

 as a tree to be planted in masses or groups rather than in formal lines. The 

 planting of adjacent property could of course make this matter less noticeable. 

 The Redwood does better nearer the coast than the other species of Sequoia. 



The Redwood alternated with the Magnolia has been planted along one of the 

 highways in Los Angeles county and considerable interest is felt in the outcome. 



The Sterculia^. 



The Sterculias are found in considerable number throughout the State. They 

 are trees suggesting somewhat in style and color of foliage, the camphor. The 

 trees grow quite differently, however, the shape assumed by the sterculia is 

 usually quite inferior to that of the camphor. The trunk is quite smooth and 

 swells largely at the butt giving a peculiar pyramidal shape. The branchet 

 grow awayfrom the leader at large angles and after attaining considerable size, 

 the heavy pendant seed pods at the tips pull them over to very bad positions. 

 These pods are of considerable size and drop throughout the year, the floware 

 appear throughout the spring and summer and in Sterculia dive_r8i_folia are not 



