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certain regions. As it is of considerable beauty it, too, might find a 

 welcome place in certain parts of the State. 



A few young specimens of the pin oak (Quercus palustris) (Fig. 34), 

 common in the eastern states, were noted in Los Angeles. They were 



Figure 34. 



Figure 35. 





very young trees but were in very good form, except that the leaders 

 needed straightening. Perhaps this is a tree which would warrant 

 further experimentation, and. if satisfactory, would lead to the trial 

 of other deciduous oaks from the eastern states. 



