38 
W. R. Strong’ Company, Sacramento, Cal. 
CALIFORNIA TREE AND SHRUB SEEDS. 
Abies Douglasii. Douglass Spruce. A very large 
limber tree, 2U0 to 800 feet high, of pyramidal shape. 
Found throughout the Rocky Mountains, from Oregon 
to Mexico. Very hardy, Oz, 50c.; lb„ $5 00. 
Abies Mertensiana. Tsuga M., liemlock Spruce. 
A very large tree, 150 to 200 feet high, with rather thick, 
red-brown bark. Very hardy, ranging from California 
far into Alaska. Oz., 60c.; lb., 16 00. 
Abies Menzeisii. Picea tsitebensis. Peculiar to the 
Northern Coast, found mostly in wet, sandy soil near the 
mouth of streams; the tallest spruce known; an excellent 
timber tree; pyramidal form. Very hardy. Oz. 60c,; lb., 
f6 00. 
Cupressus Go’venlana. Goven’s Cypress. Thirty 
to forty feet high; very ornamental; found in the coast 
ranges of Monterey. Oz , 60c.; lb., i6 00. 
Cupressus Maorooarpa. Monterey Cypress. A 
tree torty to sixty feet high, with rough hark, spreading, 
horizontal branches, with rich, green foliage; very orna- 
mental for lawns or parks; also used extensively for 
hedges. Oz., 25o., lb., $2 50. 
Cupressus McNabiana. McNab’s Cypress. A 
small tree, six to ten feet high, found about Mt. Shasta, 
at 5,000 feet altitude. The leaves are small, and of a 
deep green. Oz. 40o.; lb., 84 OO. 
Cupressus Lawsoniana. Lawson’s Cypress. A 
handsome tree, found in moist ground in the Shasta 
Mountains, and in the Coast ranges of Oregon. The 
wood is white, fragrant, fine and close grained, free from 
knots, easily worsed, and very durable; also known as 
Oregon Cedar, \Vhite Cedar and Ginger I’ino. Oz., 40c., 
lb., 84 00. 
Cupressus Italian. A very erect, close-growing 
tree; fine for entrances and arches. Oz., 2oC.; lb., $.3 00. 
Cupressus Guadalupensis Blue Cypress. Anew 
fast growing variety with beautiful bluish foliage; very 
ornamental for lawns, parks and Cemeteries. Oz., 25c. 
Ltbocedrus deourrens. Thuya Craigiana. i'ound 
in tile coast ranges, from Oregon to San Diego; grows 
from 100 to 150 feet high; flue, hardy timber tree; known 
as the White Cedar of California. Oz., 30e., lb., 8Ji 00. 
Madrone. A beautiful native tree of California; the 
foliage is of a deep green, and feathery; it attains a con- 
siderable size, flowers white. Oz., 25c. 
Picea amabilis Silver Fir. Toll, symmetrical, val- 
uable timber tree. Oz., 50c ; lb , 85 00. 
Picea grandis. Balsam Fir. Grows 200 to 300 feet 
high, four to six feet in diameter; grows in rich, moist 
soils; valuable timber tree. Oz., 50c.; lb., 85 00. 
Picea nobilis. California lied Fir. A magnificent 
tree, with thick, brown bark, making fine timber; forma 
large forests about the base ot Mt. Shasta; timber said to 
he belter than that of other firs. Oz., 50o.; lb., 85 00. 
Picea Magnifica. 200 to 250 feet liigh. The lied 
Fir of the Sierras, found at an altitude of 7,000 feet. Very 
hardy. Oz , 60c.; lb., *6 00. 
Picea Concolor. Abiea lasiocarpa. A very orna- 
mental tree; 100 to 200 feet high; very common through- 
out the Sierras, ranging into Oregon; also found in Ari- 
zona, Utah and Colorado. Oz., 50e.; lb., 85 00. 
Pinus Benthamiaua. A magnificent tree; grows 
from 200 to 300 feet high; fine timber. Very hardy. Oz., 
50c.; lb , 85 00. 
Pinns Coulteri. Great Coned Pine. Found in the 
coast ranges from Mt. Diablo to the southern part of this 
State. Oz,, 85c.; lb., 83 50. 
Pinus contorta. A low tree, five to fifteen feet high, 
found on the wet, sandy coast of the Pacific, from Men- 
docino to Alaska. Very hardy. Oz., 70c.; lb.. IS 00. 
Pinus Fremontiana. Pinus monopliyUa. A small 
tree, twenty to twenty-five feet high; frequent in the 
coast ranges In Nevada, Arizona and Utah; well known 
as the Knt Pine. Oz., 30c.; lb., 83 00. 
Pinus insignis. Monterey Pine. A very ornamen- 
tal tree for parks or Jawns; grows from sixty to seventy 
feet high, of rapid growth, and has beautiful, green 
foli^e. Oz. ; 25o., lb , $2 50. 
Pinus Jeffrey!. A magnifloent tree, from 100 to 200 
feet high; usually found on our mountains at an eleva- 
tion of 6,000 feet, ranging from California to Oregon. 
Very hardy. Oz,, 85o.; lb., 8 60. 
Pinus Lambertlana. Sugar pine. A hardy tree of 
gigantic dimensions, from 250 to 300 feet high, and from 
fifteen to twenty feet thick, witn light brown, smoothish 
bark; found on both slopes of the Sierras. The wood is 
like that of the White Pine. Oz., 80c.; lb., $3 00. 
Pinus monticola- From sixty to eighty feet high, 
and about three feet in diameter at the base. Found at 
an altitude from 7,000 to 10,000 feet, known as the white 
pine of California, and of the North. Oz., 60c.; lb., 86 00. 
Pinus Parryana. A small tree, twenty to thirty 
feet high, found in the vicinity of San Diego, at an alti- 
tude of 2,000 feet. Oz., 50c.; lb., $5 00. 
Pinus ponderosa. Yellow Pine. Oneof the largest 
pines known, 200 to 300 feet high, and twelve to fifteen 
feet in diameter, with very thick red-brown bark. Found 
in the Coast Ilange. Very hardy. Oz., 40o.; lb., $4 00. 
Pinua tuberculata. California Scrub Pine. A small 
crooked tree, often found full of eones when only two or 
three feet high. Oz. 50o.; lb., 85 00. 
Sequoia gigantea. VVellingtonia gigantea. The 
mammoth tree of California. This is the largest tree 
known to exist on the American continent, glows over 
800 feet high. The bark is from one to two feet thick. 
Many oi these California trees are over SO feet in cir- 
cumference. Oz., 60e., lb., $6 00. 
Sequoia sempervirens. Known as the Redwood of 
Caliiornia. The most valnahle timber of the California 
forests. From 200 to 250 feet high, and from eight to 
twelve feet in diameter. The wood is of a rich, brownish 
red, light, but strong and durable, making excellent lim- 
ber. Hardy. Oz., 50o., lb. 88 00. 
Thuya gigantea. Giant Arbor Vitae. A tall grace- 
ful tree, 20U to 250 feet high, three to twelve feet thick, 
pyramidal form, with spreading and somewhat drooping 
branches, frequent in the const ranges of Oregon. The 
wood is soft, line-grained, and of light color. Oz., 60c., 
lb., 86 00. 
Torreya Californlca California Nutmeg. Found 
in tile mountain districts. Grows to the hight of 60 feet 
the wood is liglit-colored, close-grained and small 
branches being redish. Oz., 25., ib., 82 00. 
Arotostaphylos glauoa, Great berried Manzaniti.. 
Oz., 50c., lb 82 00. 
Mountain Laurel. Spice Tree. A handsome shrub 
or tree twenty to seventy feet higli, the timber very 
handsome and valuable for ornameutal wainscoting and 
finishing, Oz., 25c., lb., 82 00. 
Negundo Callfornioum, Box Elder. Usually a 
small tree, sometimes reaching a height of seventy feet. 
Oz., 25c., lb., 81 50. 
Acer Macropyllum. Maple. A tree of 50 to 90 feet 
high, from coast ranges in California. The wood is 
white, hard, and takes a fine polish. Oz., 25c., lb., 82 50. 
Cornus Nuttalli. Dogwood. A small showy tree, 
flowering in May, followed by largo clusters of double 
berries, resembling the eastern Cornus. Wood close- 
grained and very hard. Oz,, 50o., lb., 85 00. 
Azalea occidentalis. Charming California Azalea, 
the ornament of the wooded districts. Flowers two to 
three inolies long, while, pink variegated. Pkt. 25c. 
Yellower Black Locust. B 'binia p.suedo accacia. 
This variety is noted for its rapid growth of hard and 
durable timber. It is hardy and succeeds well in most 
soils and climates. Oz., lOo ; lb., 60c. 
Honey Locust. Gleditschia Triachanthos. This is 
a large and handsome tree. The tiunk and branches 
generally beset with long and formidable spines, on 
which account it has been employed as a hedge. Tlie 
wood is heavy and affords excellent fuel. Oz., 10c.; lb., 
61c. 
Osage Orange. Maolura Aurantiaca. One of the 
most valuable of hedge plants. The plants will also 
grow into fine trees, and the wood endures for centuries. 
Lb.. 50o. 
Buckthorn. Rhamnus oatharticus. This makes a 
strong thorny hedge, adapted to the North and Middle 
States. Oz., 20c., lb., 82 00. 
