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Tree of Heaven. The cork tree is being planted in some of our city 

 parks, and grows fairly well. 



MELIA FAMILY. MELIACEAE. 

 Tropical trees including the Mahogany. 



Genus MELIA. 

 CHINA-TREE. CHINA-BERRY TREE. PRIDE OF INDIA. 



Melia Asedarach. 



A tree introduced from Persia. It is now planted throughout as 

 a shade tree. It is quick growing and has a good shape. It does not 

 seem to be well adapted to drouth conditions, as it was observed that 

 many trees of this species died as a result of the excessively dry 

 season of 1911. Sprouts grow up rapidly from the stumps of trees, 

 note being made of four such sprouts which attained a height of 6 to 

 8 feet during growing season 1912. The fruit is globular, about the 

 size of cherries, greenish yellow when ripe, remains on through the 

 winter. 



QUASSIA FAMILY. S1MARUBACEAE. 



A group of introduced trees and shrubs, represented by a single 

 tree in our area. 



Genus AIL ANTHUS. 



TREE OF HEAVEN. PARADISE TREE. CHINESE SUMAC. 



Ailanthus glandulosus. 

 AilantOj Tree of Heaven, Glandulosus, refers to the characteristic glands on 

 the leaves. 



This tree was originally introduced from China and Japan, but it 

 is now widely cultivated and naturalized. It is found growing wild 

 in man\- places having escaped from cultivation. It is a very rapid- 

 growing tree and hardy throughout. At all times of year it has a 

 good appearance and is well adapted for shade and ornamental pur- 

 poses. The leaves are very large, compound, 2 to 5 feet long. In 

 many cases especially on young trees, the leaves have as many as 60 

 leaflets. The fruit grows in clusters, is broadly winged, with the 

 seed in the center. 



This tree may be grown readily from root cuttings or from 

 suckers which grow up from the roots. Only a part of the trees have 

 fruit, as some have only staminate flowers. These staminate flowers 



