California is justly proud of its oaks and there is none more beautiful than 

 the Coast live oak. It is a hardy tree, from fifty to seventy feet high with a short 

 trunk parting into wide-spreading limbs which often touch the ground. The 

 trees on the campus of the University of California are. very picturesque and 

 very old. Among them is the famous Le Conte oak which was dedicated by 

 the students to the memory of Joseph and John Le Conte, distinguished 

 as scientists and beloved as teachers. The largest known Coast live oak is 

 found in the Ojai Valley in Ventura County. Its crown is 105 feet across 

 while the trunk has a diameter of six feet and eight inches at five feet from the 

 ground. 



Coast live oak is well adapted for a street or highway tree. It will make a 

 good growth in a rich loam with a gravelly subsoil with plenty of moisture at 

 the roots. In poor and dry soil it may prove a disappointment because of its 

 slow growth. The young trees should be from four to five years old with 

 sturdy root systems such as are developed in a nursery from several trans- 

 plantings. Young trees taken directly from their native habitat will not do 

 well. 



About twelve years ago live oak trees were planted along the street in 

 front of Sutler's Fort in Sacramento, where they have made remarkable 



growth. 



BUR OAK 



Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa), often called mossy-cup oak from the 

 hairy cup of the acorn, is one of the most picturesque of the forest trees of 

 Eastern United States. It is a wide spreading tree with corky branches and 

 very large, deeply lobed leaves, which are deciduous. This oak has not been 

 widely planted in California, but should do well in the interior valleys, judging 

 from the beautiful specimen in the Capitol Park at Sacramento. 



OLEANDER 



The oleander (Nerium oleander), is an old fashioned evergreen shrub 

 which reaches a height of twenty feet or more in California, where it is ex- 

 tensively planted for ornamental purposes in parkings and lawns. There are 

 many varieties, the blossoms of which range in color through various shades 

 of red, pink, white and yellow. Unfortunately, oleander is subject to black 

 scale, and all parts are poisonous if eaten. In spite of these disadvantages, 



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