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is the more desirable. Where the trees are well watered the wild olive, 

 umbrella China, Japanese persimmon, mulberries and- many others are 

 growing well. 



In the region south of San Antonio along the Gulf coast species of 

 semi-tropical character make their appearance and are successfully cul- 

 tivated. Eucalyptus is grown in San Antonio, although it is not frost 

 hardy so far north. Oleander, pomegranate, yucca, various species of 

 palmetto, camphor tree, olive, huisache, mesquite, horse-bean, loquat 

 and various kinds of citrus trees are grown for street and yard pur- 

 poses. To these are added the hackberry, catalpa, Russian, red and 

 paper mulberries, box elder, silver maple, sycamore, Chinese arbor vitae, 

 black and English walnuts, pecan, live oak and other species in abun- 

 dance commonly found in other parts of Texas. A number of trees 

 like camphor and the citrus varieties are not hardy far from the coast. 

 In Corpus Christi one finds the salt cedar grown as arbors to shade 

 walks and grounds. Farther inland mesquite and huisache are used 

 extensively for the streets and yards and with occasional watering and 

 pruning they make most desirable shade trees. 



In central and eastern Texas the number of species grown for shade 

 and ornament becomes almost unlimited. Among the best and most 

 permanent of these for streets and yards are the sycamore, water oak 

 (known as pin oak), Texas red oak, live oak, English elm, American 

 elm, pecan and hackberry. There are many others which might be 

 included, but observations show that these represent perhaps the best 

 in our street planting over a wide area. European sycamore should 

 be as good as the native species so commonly used. 



The pecan should be far more extensively planted, both as a street 

 and yard tree. It furnishes both shade and fruit, grows well in moist 

 situations and makes a tree which will endure for centuries. Such trees 

 as hackberry. chinaberry, especially the variety known as Texas um- 

 brella, osage orange (Bois d'Arc), red cedar, arbor vitae, ash, elm and 

 locust have contributed more to the beauty of our streets and grounds- 

 than other trees as they have been more extensively planted. In some 

 central Texas cities, like LaGrange and San Saba, native live oaks of 

 remarkable size and form are found along the streets as well as in 

 private grounds. In other towns and cities through the prairie belts 

 hackberry and American elm have been almost exclusively planted, but 

 in many places the too extensive planting of hackberry has proved un- 

 wise and more recenting planting consists of elm and sycamore. On 

 many of the newer streets in cities sycamore is exclusively used. 



In the eastern counties many trees such as the hackberry and the 

 live oak .sive way to trees more common to the southeastern Atlantic 

 States. Here one finds the tulip, sweet gum, linden, post, overcup,. 

 Spanish, water and basket oaks, magnolia and black gum. Of course 

 elms, sycamore and ash are widely used. Along the southeastern Gulf 

 Coast semi-tropical trees predominate. Palms and camphor trees add 

 much to the beauty of Orange. Beaumont and Galveston. 



In the impervious soil of the post oak section, north and south from 

 College Station, although within the range of a vast number of tree 



