Popular Evergreen Trees 
THE TREES IN THIS GROUP are widely planted in California for 
street and shade trees, as lawn specimens or for the lovely flowers 
of some kinds. The year around foliage is excellent to conceal 
objectionable views from the house and garden. In this list you 
will find trees for any possible purposes. All are hardy in California 
except at higher altitudes. 
ACACIAS 
All Acacias: Gal. $1.00 
Acacia baileyana. Popular small tree with feathery blue green fo- 
liage and clouds of light yellow flowers in spring. The seed pods, 
which follow, are light lavender purple and give a nice misty tone to 
the trees. 10°. 
Acacia floribunda. Small round-headed tree with long narrow green 
leaves and fluffy little yellow flowers intermittently throughout the 
Veatne lire 
Acacia latifolia. A large shrub or tree for hiding objectionable 
views outside the garden. Leaves long and narrow, polished and 
densely clothing the stems. Flowers golden yellow. 18°. 
Acacia melanoxylon, Black Acacia. Popular street tree. Makes a 
close tight crown of dark green leaves. A medium to large tree. 18°. 

CAMPHOR TREE 
CAMPHOR 
Camphora officinalis, Camphor Tree. Widely planted street tree 
with round top of light green foliage, aromatic of camphor when 
crushed. Trees often make a delightful tracery of lower branches. 
18°. Gal. $1.00 and up. 
CAROB 
Ceratonia siliqua, Carob. Half hardy, rounded tree with neat dark 
green foliage. Much planted as a street tree. Free of insects and 
diseases. Drouth resistant. 21°. Gal. $1.00. 
LOQUAT 
Eriobotyra japonica, Loquat. Although essentially a fruit tree prized 
for its pear-like fruits in early summer, this round headed tree with 
dark green leaves is often desirable in the background planting. 
Long leathery leaves, woolly beneath, give a feeling of permanence 
to the garden. Gal. $1.00. 

MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA 
EUCALYPTUS or GUM TREES 
Eucalyptus ficifolia. Brilliant scarlet flowers in late summer and 
fall; heavy dark green foliage. 24°. 
Eucalyptus globulus compacta, Blue Gum. Rapid growing tree with 
broad blue leaves later turning deep green. Much planted for wind- 
breaks and a source of firewood. Hardy. Gal. $1.00. 
Eucalyptus polyanthemos. Small tree, slender, graceful. Round 
leaves gray-green on drooping branches. Hardy. Gal. $1.00. 
SILK OAK 
Grevillea robusta, Silk Oak. Large tree with pyramidal, narrow 
crown of fern-like foliage lightened in early summer with masses 
of fluffy golden yellow flowers. Fine as a street tree. 15°. Gal. $1.00. 
MAGNOLIA 
Magnolia grandiflora, Southern Magnolia. Large growing ever- 
green trees always neat in its glossy foliage. The immense white 
fragrant water-lily-like flowers appear throughout the summer. 
Give generous amounts of water for better blooms. Gal. $1.00. 
OLIVE 
Mission, Manzanillo variety. The ornamental value of Olives has 
been recognized a long time but not practiced as much as it should. 
The old gnarled, picturesque grey trunks and wide spreading masses 
of greyish green foliage are a prize in themselves. Even if we don’t 
grow them for the fruits an olive grove with trees 25 feet apart in 
even rows is attractive beyond description. Olives almost thrive on 
neglect once they are established. Hardy. 
STURDY OAKS 
Quercus agrifolia, California Live Oak. One of the finest trees fo: 
the home grounds or street planting, the native Oak, with its pic 
turesque habit and evergreen foliage is easy to grow if given care 
and careful watering. Gal. $1.50. 
PEPPER TREES 
Schinus molle, California Pepper Tree. Rapid growing trees with 
gnarled trunks and graceful weeping branchlets of feathery texture; 
have long been popular in Southern California. Pretty with their 
red berries in winter. Hardy, thriving in poor, light soil. Gal. $1.00. 
EVERGREEN ELM 
Ulmus sempervirens. Small tree with spreading crown of slender 
drooping branches and bright green leaves. Rapidly becoming 
popular as a street and shade tree. Generally ideal for small homes. 
Hardy, but not evergreen in colder sections. 10°. 5-gal. $4.50 up. 
De Plants in Larger Containers or Balled and Burlapped at $3.00, $3.50 and up. 
