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CAMPHOR TREE 
SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA 
LOQUAT 
California-Grown 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 purpose. All are hardy in California except at higher altitudes. 
ACACIAS 
All Acacias: Gal. $1.50 
Acacia baileyana. Popular small tree with feathery blue green fo- 
liage and clouds of light yellow fragrant 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 
year. 18°. 
Acacia latifolia. A large shrub or tree for hiding objectionable 
views. 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 
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. 
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CAROB 
Ceratonia siliqua, Carob (St. John’s Bread). Rounded tree with 
neat dark green foliage. Much planted as a street tree. Free of in- 
sects and diseases. Drouth resistant. 21°. Gal. $1.50. 
LOQUAT 
Eriobotyra japonica, Loquat. Although essentially a fruit tree prized 
for its fruits in early summer, this round headed tree is often de- 
sirable in the background planting. Long leathery leaves, woolly 
beneath. Gal. $1.50. 
EUCALYPTUS or GUM TREES 
All Eucalyptus, Gal. $1.50 
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. 
Eucalyptus polyanthemos. Small tree, slender, graceful. Round 
leaves gray-green on drooping branches. Hardy. 
Eucalyptus sideroxylon rosea. This beautiful moderately sized tree 
delights us with silvery foliage and a profusion of light pink flowers. 
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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. 24°. Gal. $1.50. 
MAGNOLIA 
Magnolia grandiflora, Southern Magnolia. Large growing evergreen 
trees always neat in their glossy foliage. The immense white fragrant 
water-lily-like flowers appear throughout the summer. Give gen- 
erous amounts of water for better blooms. Gal. $1.50. 
OLIVE 
Mission, Manzanillo variety. The ornamental value of Olives has 
been recognized a long time. 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 estab- 
lished. Hardy. Gal. $1.75. 
STURDY OAKS 
Quercus agrifolia, California Live Oak. One of the finest trees for 
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. See Natives, page 22. 
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 California. Pretty with their red berries 
in winter. Hardy, thriving in poor, light soil. Gal. $1.50. 
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. 24°. 5 Gal. $4.50 up. 
Evergreen trees can be planted at any time of the year except in 
mid-summer in areas where heat is intense. 
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