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AESCULUS: Buckeye, Horse Chestnut 
Handsome flowering trees with palmate leaves 
and large leaflets. Flowers borne in showy, erect 
panicles. 
Ae. californica. CALIFORNIA BUCKEYE. 30 ft. 
Handsome native tree or large shrub. Usually very 
symmetrical and round-headed. Leaves deep green; 
panicles long and slender. Pods smooth. 
Ae. carnea. RED-FLOWERING HORSE CHEST¬ 
NUT. 40 ft. A rare and beautiful tree of slow 
growth. Leaves smaller and deeper green than the 
following. Flowers red and very showy. Pods 
smooth. 
Ae. hippocastan um. E U R O P E A N HORSE 
CHESTNUT. 80 ft. Sturdy tree of strong growth. 
Flowers white tinged with red. Pods spiny. Suc¬ 
ceeds well in California and worthy of more ex¬ 
tensive planting. 
ALBIZZIA 
A. julibrissin (Acacia julibrissin). CONSTANTI¬ 
NOPLE ACACIA. Asia; Africa. -40 ft. Of low and 
widely spreading growth: very hardy. Leaves very 
large, bipinate, finely divided and feathery. Flow¬ 
ers borne profusely during summer, in heads, vary¬ 
ing from pink to white. 
BETULA: Birch 
Trees of vigorous and upright growth, but with 
slender, usually drooping shoots. Leaves rather 
small. Will thrive even in poor soils. 
B. alba. EUROPEAN WHITE BIRCH. Europe 
to Japan. 80 ft. Medium to large tree with white 
bark on the older limbs and trunk. Growth some¬ 
what irregular. At about five years the young 
branches assume a drooping habit. (See also Cut- 
Leaved Weeping Birch under Deciduous Weeping 
Trees.) 
B. alba fastigiata. UPRIGHT BIRCH. Of elegant 
pyramidal habit like the Lombardy Poplar. Bark 
silvery white. Very distinct and ornamental. 
B. lenta. SWEET or CHERRY BIRCH. GO ft. 
Very handsome, round-headed tree. Trunk dark, 
reddish brown. Bark on young .shoots has aroma 
and taste of wintergreen. 
B. papyrifera. CANOE BIRCH; PAPER BIRCH. 
Northern U. S. 100 ft. Bark on trunk and older 
limbs becomes paper-white similar to European 
Birch. The cordate leaves are very much larger 
and darker; dull green above. Veins on lower sur¬ 
face are fleshy and covered with rusty down. Very 
distinct. Bark used by Indians for making canoes. 
B. populifolla. AMERICAN WHITE BIRCH. 
Eastern U. S. and Canada. 40 ft. Very similar to 
B. alba. Leaves a little narrower, lighter green. 
Makes a smaller tree with same white bark. 
CARPINUS: Hornbeam 
Busliv trees of slow, compact growth, with 
general appearance like that of the Beeches. 
C. betulus. EUROPEAN HORNBEAM. Europe 
to Persia. 70 ft. Forms larger tree than the fol¬ 
lowing. Very valuable for tall hedges. Leaves 
after turning brown in the fall have the peculiar 
habit of remaining on the tree all winter. 
C. caroliniana. AMERICAN HORNBEAM. 40 ft. 
Rather small tree. Foliage dark bluish green, 
turning yellow or red in fall. 
CASTANEA: Chestnut 
While also grown for its edible nuts, the chest¬ 
nut is easily one of the handsomest deciduous 
ornamental trees. Leaves large and long, with 
spiny margins. 
C. sativa. ITALIAN or SPANISH CHESTNUT. 
Makes a fine, round-headed tree of great beauty. 
Flowers, in very long, slender spikes, are produced 
very profusely in spring. 
C. sativa variegata. VARIEGATED CHESTNUT. 
Identical with type except that leaves are bril¬ 
liantly variegated with creamy white. 
CATALPA 
1 rees noticeable for their large, heart-shaped 
leaves. Flowers arc tubular, much like a Big- 
nonia, light colored and borne in large clusters. 
C. bignonioides. S. E. United States. 50 ft. Re¬ 
sembles C. speciosa, hut slower grower and makes 
a smaller tree with smaller foliage, but more con¬ 
spicuous and numerous flowers. 
C. speciosa. HARDY CATALPA. Eastern 
l nited States. 100 ft. Very rapid-growing, tall 
tie;- with large, heart-shaped leaves, sometimes a 
bint long. A free bloomer, bearing panicles of 
white, fragrant flowers in .June and Julv. Yields 
valuable timber. 
Betula alba. European White Birch 
CEDRELA 
C. sinensis. Northern China. 50 ft. Large 
trees with feathery foliage similar to Ailanthus, 
hut without its disagreeable odor. Flowers white, 
in long, drooping racemes, two to three feet in 
length. Very fine as an avenue tree. 
CELT1S: Nettle Tree 
Trees of strong, spreading growth. Leaves re¬ 
semble those of Nettles. Flowers inconspicuous, 
but followed by numerous small berries. Wood is 
very fine grained, light and elastic, useful for 
manufacture of small articles. 
C. australis. Mediterranean region. 60 ft. 
Healthy, vigorous tree; succeeds almost anywhere. 
Loaves three to five inches long, like Elm. Berries 
dark purple. 
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