Shade and. Powering. Jroos. and. Shrubs 
DECIDUOUS SHADE TREES—Priced from $2.50 up, depending on size and 
variety. Slightly higher in containers. 
SILVER MAPLE 
Acer dasycarpum. Popular, rapid grow- 
ing tree making a tall slender crown of 
light green leaves with silvery under- 
sides. Easy to grow and very beautiful. 
BIRCHES 
Betula alba. European White Birch. 
Most everyone knows the White Birch 
with its beautiful white bark with 
black markings. Makes rapid growth. 
Light green foliage. Very attractive. 
Betula alba laciniata. Cutleaf White 
Birch. Branches weeping and leaves 
deeply cut. Otherwise, like the Euro- 
pean White Birch. Makes a lovely 
lawn specimen, especially when 
planted in groups. 
GINKGO 
Ginkgo biloba. An unusual very hardy 
tree with leaves shaped and veined 
like small fans. Turns bright rich 
golden yellow in fall. Excellent as 
specimen lawn or street tree. Unusual 
foliage. 
MODESTO ASH 
Fraxinus velutina glabra. One of the 
best fast growing trees. Graceful light 
green foliage making a rounded head. 
For shade and street tree planting it is 
one of the best. 
SWEET GUM 
Liquidambar styraciflua. The only de- 
pendable tree for autumn color in 
Southern California and elsewhere. 
The maple-shaped leaves turn shades 
of crimson and yellow to brown. Makes 
a tall pyramidal shaped tree. 
TULIP TREE 
Liriodendron tulipifera. Tall, fast 
growing tree with light green foliage 
making a symmetrical head. Flowers 
cup-shaped resembling Magnolia but 
chartreuse with an orange zone. 
MULBERRY 
Morus Kingan. Fruitless Mulberry. 
One of the fastest growing shade trees 
making a spreading head of large, 
light green leaves. Does not fruit. 
Makes a lovely shade tree in the 
warmer sections. 
SYCAMORES 
Platanus orientalis. European Syca- 
more. Makes a handsome symmetrical 
shade and specimen tree with light 
green maple-like leaves. The bark on 
older trees becomes mottled gray- 
green and white. 
Platanus racemosus. California Syca- 
more. Our native sycamore with leaves 
having long finger-like divisions. 
Trunks picturesque with mottled bark. 
Often grown in clumps. 
CHINESE or SIBERIAN ELM 
Ulmus pumila. Very hardy, rapid grow- 
ing tree making a round head of light 
green small leaves, which hang on 
until late in fall. Popular shade tree. 
CRAPE MYRTLE 
Lagerstroemia indica. A large shrub 
or small tree with rounded head of 
light grey-green leaves and showy 
trusses of delicately formed flowers. 
Excellent for dry, hot sections. Sun. 
Rosea, pink; Rubra, red; Lavender and 
White. 
FLOWERING CRAB 
Malus floribunda. Small round headed 
tree. The gracefully arching branches 
are densely wreathed with masses of 
pink buds and white flowers in spring. 
Malus atrosanguinea. Very similar to 
the above but with deep crimson 
blooms lighter on the inside. 
TULIP TREE 
CHINESE MAGNOLIA 
BECHTEL’S CRAB 
Malus ioensis plena. Makes a small 
round headed tree about 15 feet high 
bearing large, fragrant, pale pink or 
white, double flowers. Foliage light 
green and pleasing. 
CHINESE MAGNOLIAS 
Magnolia soulangeana. Each spring 
just before the leaves appear every 
branch becomes decorated with large 
lily-like flowers —rose-red blended 
with white. They are slow growing but 
dependable and improve each year. 
Good soil and plenty of water. Priced 
at the nursery. 
Other varieties available at nursery. 
CRAPE MYRTLE 
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