
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. Slightly higher in containers. 
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. 


FLOWERING PEACH 
SYCAMORES or PLANE TREE 
Piatanus 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. 
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. 
Pcpulus canadensis, Carolina Poplar. A large, fast-growing, robust 
tree providing a good shade quickly. Hardy and easy to grow. 
PURPLE-LEAVED PLUMS 
Priced $1.50 up. Slightly higher in containers. 
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 thundercloud. Really lives up to its name. Masses of early 
white flowers followed by bronzy-purple foliage holding color 
throughout the summer. 
FLOWERING LOCUSTS 
Robinia decaisneana, Pink Locust. Tall rapid growing variety of 
Black Locust with long racemes of fragrant pink flowers. 
WEEPING WILLOW 
Salix Babylonica. Grows to 30 feet with long drooping branches. 
The leaves are finely toothed and greyish-green beneath. 
ELMS 
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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