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FLOWERING PLUM—Prunus Blireiana 
FLOWERING PEACH TREES 
Beautiful low growing trees wonderful for spring bloom before the 
leaves. Large double flowers in great masses, clothe every stem. 
Excellent for cutting. After bloom is over prune heavily for next 
season’s bloom. Hardy. 
Any of following $1.50 up. 
Early Red. Magnificent ruby-red flowers. 
Early Pink. Earliest; beautiful rose-pink. 
Early White. Large snow-white flowered variety. 
Peppermint Variegated. Striped red and white. 
Helen Borchers. One of the finest double pink varieties. 

WHITE BIRCH 

FLOWERING PEACH 
SYCAMORES or PLANE TREE 
Platanus orientalis, European Sycamore. Handsome symmetrical 
shade tree widely planted on streets and avenues. Dense light green 
maple-like leaves and greenish white mottled bark on older trees. 
One of the best street trees for California. 
Platanus racemosa, California Sycamore. Rapid growing tree, often 
making a clump of several trunks, much less formal. Leaves with 
long finger-like divisions. Mottled bark is always a pleasant varia- 
tion and source of interest. 
LOMBARDY POPLAR 
Populus nigra italica, Lombardy Poplar. Tall slender column ex- 
cellent as a tall accent tree. Requires little room to grow. Fre- 
quently used as windbreak, or street trees. 
PURPLE-LEAVED PLUMS 
Priced $1.50 up. 
Prunus blireiana. Brilliant red foliage later turning greenish. Flow- 
ers dainty soft pink and double line the long slender stems in spring. 
Prunus pissardi, Purple Leaf Plum. Small tree, deep purple leaves 
and small pale pink flowers in spring. Deep red branches and twigs 
are interesting even in winter. 
Prunus Vesuvius, Burbank’s Purple Leaf Plum. The best purple 
leaf plum. The leaves are larger and more brilliant red. A fine 
ornamental tree of small to medium size. Colored all season. 
FLOWERING LOCUSTS 
Robinia decaisneana, Pink Locust. Tall rapid growing variety of 
Black Locust with long racemes of fragrant pink flowers. 
ELMS 
Ulumus americana, American Elm. Well known Eastern Elm makes 
a wonderful spreading shade tree in California. Leaves much larger 
than the Chinese Elm. Planted as street trees they will make a 
canopy of branches over the average width street. 
Ulmus pumila, Chinese Elm. Very rapid growing, extremely hardy 
tree. Tolerant of most adverse soil and water conditions. Holds 
leaves until very late in fall. 
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