Gardening in California 



CARPINUS BETULUS (Hornbean). 



A hardy deciduous tree with simple leaves and flowers in 

 catkins. It stands exposure well, grows in any soil, and should 

 make a good street tree where deciduous low-growing trees are 

 preferred. 



It also forms a very good hedge and stands clipping well. 

 As the leaves remain on the branches throughout the Winter, it 

 forms an excellent shelter, standing the winds and storms better 

 than most deciduous trees. 



Propagate by seeds sown, in early Spring, one-quarter of 

 an inch deep in the open ground; transplant the seedlings to 

 the nursery row when they are one year old. If they are wanted 

 for hedge purposes, they should be cut back to six inches when 

 transplanted so as to make them branch closely to the ground. 



CARYA. 



A handsome, slow-growing tree with pinnate, walnut-like, 

 light-green, deciduous leaves. It is of a spreading habit and 

 delights in good, rich, bottom, soil and a sheltered situation. The 

 wood is heavy, hard, tough and strong. The nuts of many spe- 

 cies such as the pecan and the shagbark are of good flavor and 

 are produced in large quantities on the older trees. Any one 

 having a piece of land by the side of a creek where the soil is 

 deep and rich and the situation well-sheltered should plant a 

 few Hickories. 



Carya alba (the shell-bark Hickory) makes a grand speci- 

 men from sixty to seventy feet high. 



Carya olivseformis (the Pecan nut tree) also becomes a 

 splendid tree. It differs in habit from the Hickory, being more 

 upright in its form and having from twelve to fifteen leaflets 

 on each leaf. 



Propagate by seeds planted in Fall or Winter one inch deep 

 where they are intended to remain permanently. 



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