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STREET AND HIGHWAY PLANTING. 



THE CEDRELAS. 



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

 edge, on street parkings. They are deciduous trees with compound 

 foliage of a showy size and smooth high trunks. Dr. Franceschi speaks 

 favorably of Cedrela fissilis in his report for the "Pomona Journal of 

 Economic Botany."* 



THE LOQUATS. 



The loquats (Eriobotrya japonica) 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 Eugenias, myrtifolia, is certainly the most common. This is a 

 tree with small evergreen leaves of good character, rather incon- 

 spicuous flowers and pinkish berries. The foliage, however, is its 

 chief claim to beauty, the young shoots showing a red color which con- 

 trasts well with the older leaves. The style of growth is columnar arid 

 hence semi-formal. The tree 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 

 objectionable. 



THE EUCALYPTS. 



Trees of this family are found in every part of the State and are all 

 more or less known. A large number of species are utilized in road- 

 side work in many places. Some of these species are acceptable, .but 

 the general consensus of opinion is that for the city all but perhaps 

 one or two species have no place at all upon the parkings and, in many 

 minds, there is no doubt even for these few. The following are descrip- 

 tions of some of the commonest ones and are given, not as recommenda- 

 tions, but as data gathered. 



Eucalyptus amygdalina Labill (Plate 2, Fig. 2). This is a species 

 of medium size attaining, in some cases, a good height with bark inoi 

 or less deciduous, showing whitish in the younger stages. The branch- 

 lets are of somewhat drooping habit. The leaves are rather narrow, 

 but are narrowest in the variety angustifolia. The flowers are borne 

 crowded in small umbels in the axils of the leaves and are not par- 

 ticularly showy. E. amygdalina var. angustifolia is probably better 

 than the type for general use. It certainly is more delicate and grace- 



*December, 1911. Vol. I, No. 4. 



