CALIFORNIA NURSERY CO., INC., OLDEST AND LARGEST 
One-half Birdseye View of Our Nursery, Covering Over 465 Acres of Ground. The Boarding Houses for 
the Men, Outbuildings and Homes of Our Employees Are Plainly Visible 
CONIFERS 
This division embraces the most beautiful evergreen trees suitable for the Pacific Coast. When 
planted as specimens, most of them require no pruning, in fact would be injured by it. The lower 
limbs must be allowed to remain; to remove them is to destroy the beauty of nearly any conifer. 
If any particular situation makes a bare trunk imperative, it is better to plant some other kind of 
a tree. 
ABIES (Fir). The firs as a class are marked by admired in the Yosemite and Sierra region 
pronounced regularity and symmetry of generally. 
growth. Branches are usually produced in . c t««« k *. *. ^ £ -j 
tiers, the side branches forming wide, flat "^'Rr" nh.f ; k\ ""^^'^ 
•sprays; the needle-shaped leaves are often scat- ^Ifl'ff ^^^""^ ^"^^ ^^^ih\^^ Leaves are long, 
tered all around the shoots. The cones are flatte^^^^ 
^always borne erect. These fall to pieces at ^""^^^^ ^'l^' ^oung growth light, 
maturity, leaving the slender, woody axis on y«"fwish green, making a pleasing contrast, 
the tree. About a third of all known species ^^J^ ^ ornamental and desirable Japanese 
are native to the Pacific Coast region. y^^^^^ aU other firs*''^ ^^^i^n^i in appearance from 
Balled, 4 to 6 ft. $5.00 
Balled, 3 to 4 ft „ 4.00 A. nordmanniana. (Nordman's Silver Fir.) Cau- 
Balled, 2 to 3 ft " \ 3.00 casus. A majestic species; growth slow, but 
eventually becomes a large tree. Branches 
A. barborensis. (A. numidica.) (Algerian Fir.) very widely spreading. Leaves are flattened, 
N. W. Africa. A very rare fir. Leaves blunt, not acute, dark green and glossy above, silvery 
set closely together, short, marked with two underneath. The contrast in color between the 
glaucous lines beneath; upper surface deep old and new growths is most charming. One 
green, usually tipped with a single, short, of the very best firs, 
glaucous line. Habit compact. 
A. picea (A. pectinata.) (Silver Fir.) Europe. 
A. balsamea. (Balsam Fir.) E. North America. Of moderate growth, ultimately forming a 
Growth erect, branches spreading. Foliage large tree. Leaves are dark, glossy green above 
aromatic, dark glossy green above, gray on the and silvery beneath. Somewhat resembles A. 
under side. nordnianniana, but has shorter leaves, and 
A. cephalonica. (Cephalonian Fir.) Island of usually of more open growth. 
Cephalonia. A very beautiful species; broad A. pinsapo. (Spanish Fir.) Spain. A magnificent 
for its height. Leaves are dark green above, tree, very regular and symmetrical in habit, 
silvery beneath, dagger-shaped and very acute, Leaves, rigid, acute, entirely surrounding the 
standing out from branches at right angles. branchlets; often reflexed; upper surface glau- 
Makes a fine specimen and is well adapted to cous, underlaid deep green, while the lower sur- 
California. face is marked with two conspicuous silvery 
A. concolor. (While Fir.) Western North WeU adapted to a warm climate. One 
America. Very beautiful fir; conspicuous on California, 
account of its ashy gray, often nearly white A. nobilis glauca. (Silvery Red Fir.) A garden 
bark. Growth very regular and symmetrical; form with very glaucous foliage. In this climate 
sometimes open, often very compact. Leaves it is a true dwarf, usually growing only three 
long and slender, light green, usually very or four inches a year. Of great value for 
■ glaucous. This is the Silver Fir so highly Japanese gardens. 
