_ DECIDUOUS TREES for Shade and Glowers 

LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA 
The trees listed here are called deciduous because they naturally 
lose their leaves during the winter months. All are hardy anywhere, 
unless minimum temperature is indicated. Some provide attractive 
blooms as well as shade. All are easy to grow and some make very 
rapid growth. 
Priced from $2.00 up, depending on size and variety. 
Slightly higher in containers. 
SILVER MAPLE 
Acer dasycarpum, Silver Maple. Very rapid growing large shade 
tree. The under side of the leaves are a silvery white, hence the 
name Silver Maple. Turns a rich golden yellow in fall. 
Acer platanoides, Norway Maple. The hardy nature of this tree 
as well as its beautiful deep green foliage and well-shaped head 
makes it an outstanding shade or street tree. 
Acer rubrum, Red Maple. The leaves are long and shiny. The flowers 
are red and come before the leaves. Valuable as a street or park 
tree. Good fall color on leaf. 
ALBIZZIA 
Albizzia julibrissin. The flowers are pink, with heads crowded on 
the upper end of the branches. Native in tropical climate. This 
variety may be grown as far north as Washington. 
DOGWOOD 
Cornus florida, White Flowering Dogwood. Small tree, most effec- 
tive in shaded locations for the attractive white flowers. Petals, 
like the Poinsettia, are bracts encircling the tiny flowers in the 
center. Early spring. 
Cornus florida rubra, Red Flowering Dogwood. The most spectacu- 
lar with light red or pink flowers. Peat or leaf mould in the soil to 
insure an acid reaction. Partial shade. Grafted. $3.50 up. 
HAWTHORN 
Crataegus, Paul’s Scarlet. Masses of double carmine-red flowers in 
spring. 
Crataegus Carrierei. White flowering pyramidal tree. 
Crataegus Cordata (Washington). White flowers, grows up to 20 
feet high. 
WHITE BIRCHES 
Betula alba, European White Birch. Popular fast growing tree with 
beautiful white bark marked with horizontal black lines. Light 
green foliage shimmers with the slightest breeze. Fine near pools 
or in front of dark trees. 
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Betula alba fastigiata. Upright tree to 60 feet high with white bark 
peeling off in layers, the branches usually drooping. 
Betula alba laciniata, Cut Leaf Birch. Graceful weeping branches 
and delicately cut leaves make this an exquisitely beautiful tree 
for lawn planting. Bark same as White Birch and most effective 
against a dark background. 
ASH 
Fraxinus velutina glabra, Modesto Ash. Compact, rapid growing 
tree with dense bright glossy green foliage. It leaves out early 
in the spring, does not have any bothersome seed pods to clean up, 
and sheds its leaves late in the fall. Of intermediate size, it is very 
desirable for parkways, avenue and garden planting. The Modesto 
Ash does equally well in coastal, valley and desert areas. See pic- 
ture on page 21. 25-35 feet. O°. 
SWEET GUM for Fall Color 
Liquidambar styraciflua. Few trees will color well in California as 
does the Sweet Gum. Slow growing tree with maple-like leaves 
useful in parkway plantings or as lawn specimens. Clean, neat 
growth but glorious in November and December when arrayed in 
its autumnal tints of orange, red, gold and deeper shades. Gal. 
$1.00 and up. 
GOLDEN-CHAIN TREE 
Laburnum vossi. An exceptional showy tree when in bloom in April 
and May. Long racemes of golden-yellow, pea-shaped blooms are 
suspended from branches covered with clover-like foliage. 
TULIP TREE 
Liriodendron tulipifera. Tall growing symmetrical tree with straight 
trunk and dark green leaves. Flowers are similar to Magnolia, white, 
cup-shaped. Desirable shade tree. Always neat and trim. 
FLOWERING CRABAPPLE 
Malus scheideckeri. Double pink; yellow fruit. 
Malus eleyi purpurea. Purple-red blossoms, leaves reddish when 
young. Fruit dark wine-purple. 
Malus ioensis plena, Bechtel Crab. Small tree to 15 feet. Crowded 
in spring with large, fragrant, double pale pink flowers. The bright 
green leaves which follow are neat all year. 
Malus floribunda. Tall, slender tree with graceful branches. Flow- 
ers large, single, and typical apple blossom pink. 
Malus hopi. Red buds and red fruit. 
TEXAS UMBRELLA TREE 
Melia azedarach umbraculiformis, Texas Umbrella. Rapidly grow- 
ing to about 35 feet forms a flat-topped, umbrella-like crown of 
dense fern-like leaves. Panicles of lavender flowers in summer. 
Not recommended for coastal areas. 
MULBERRIES 
Morus striblingi, Stribling’s Fruitless Mulberry. A new fast growing 
shade tree with large, glossy, dark green, sycamore shaped leaves. 
Rapidly growing in popularity as a large spreading tree. Fine in 
dry areas—although they thrive anywhere. Finest fruitless variety. 
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. 
Candystick (Variegated). Striped red and white. 
Helen Borchers. One of the finest double pink varieties. 
White. Large snow-white flowered variety. 
SYCAMORE 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. 
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. 
Populus canadensis, Carolina Poplar. A large, fast-growing, robust 
tree providing a good shade quickly. Hardy and easy to grow. 
Populus alba argentea, Silver Poplar. Tall and slender tree, like the 
Lombardy, but with silver-gray effect in its foliage. 


