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Tae tree has a good oval, pyramidal form and is a sightly tree. Its 

 chief objectionable feature is the fact that the leaves drop in larger or smaller 

 intervals throughout the year. 



The Sim. 



The KLiQ, and chiefly the American Elm ( Ulmu s r ameri cana ) i s not often found 

 in the southern part of the state because there are so many better trees. It 

 grov/s well both in the coast and in the interior towns and in the interior is 

 especially valuable because it withstands the extreme summer heat better than 

 most deciduous species. 



In nearly every case where the elm has an opportunity to sucker it will do 

 so and where these suckers gain any headway it is almost impossible to eradicate 

 them. Occasionally, if conditions are just right, a very abundant crop of 

 seedlings will appear but this is not often and as is the case with most seedlings, 

 mortality is very high and the rest can easily be destroyed. This feature of 

 suckering is enough to black-list the elm in many places and is most noticeable 

 in the case of the Cork elm ( U. raceraosa) and its varieties. 



The California. Laurel^ 



This is a native tree ( Umb el lularia c al i f o rni eal which occasionally has been 

 left on the parkings. Under advantageous conditions it makes a very handsome treo. 

 As it usually grov/s along streams and washes in the canyons, the trees often 

 become top-heavy, produce too many leaders and a very light root system, with the 

 result that heavy winds or rains often blow them down. Isolated trees have 

 come to our notice, which, on the other hand, have been kept to a single leader 

 and have been planted where they had to make a firm root system. Here they have 

 attained striking size and symmetry. 



Of course it can be urged that the shade cast is very dark; that the wood 

 is at best rather brittle; and that the fruits are large and unpleasant underfoot. 

 All of these are valid objections but if the trees are set far enough apart and 

 in a position not subject to violent winds, the first two can be, in a large 



