! Shade and Flowers 
FLOWERING PEACH TREES 
Beautiful low growing trees wonderful for spring bloom before they 
leaf out. 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 the following $3.50 up 
Peppermint Variegated. Striped red and white. Late flowering. 
Helen Borchers. One of the finest double pink varieties. 
And three colors Red, Pink and White, single-flowered, available 
in both early and late flowering strains. 
In addition, we have some of the new flowering-fruiting peaches 
which do double duty in providing both ornamental flowers and 
fine fruits to eat. These new types priced at the nursery. 
SYCAMORES and PLANE TREES 
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. 5-gal. $3.95. 
Platanus racemosa, California Sycamore. Rapid growing tree, often 
making a clump of several trunks, much less formal. Leaves with 
long finger-like divisions. Mottled bark is always a pleasant varia- 
tion and source of interest. 5-gal. $3.95. 
PURPLE-LEAVED PLUMS 
Prunus blirciana. Brilliant red foliage later turning greenish. Flowers 
dainty soft pink and double line the long slender stems in spring. 
5-gal. $3.95. 
Prunus pissardi. Leaves are larger and darker than blireiana, holding 
their dark, reddish purple all season long. Attractive white flowers 
in the spring. Ultimate height, 15 feet. 5-gal. $3.95. 
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CHINESE ELM 
ELM 
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. 5-gal. $3.50 up. 
PLANTS in cans may be removed by cut- 
ting down two sides of the can with tin 
snips or chisel and pulling the sides apart 
so that the can comes off easily. Handle so 
as not to break open the ball of earth. 
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Tools for 
cutting can 
Pots may be removed by the following 
method: Place four fingers against the 
surface of the soil, invert the pot, tap 
lightly against something solid and out 
come the contents in your hand in one 
solid piece. 
Removing 
Plants from 
In every case, the soil in the container 
should be fairly moist so that it will hold 
together and care should be used to keep 
all the earth possible on the roots. 
For plants in gallons and 6-inch pots, 
dig a hole approximately 15 inches by 15 
inches. For plants in 5-gallon or 9-inch 
pots, dig a hole approximately 24 by 24”. 
In all cases, plants should be planted 
in the ground at about the same level as 
they were in the container. 
Removing 
Plants from 
Pots 
BAREROOT 
PLANTING GUIDE 
How to Plant Canned and Balled TREES and SHRUBS 
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BALLED IN BURLAP 3 GALLON CONTAINER |GAL-CONTAINER FLAT STOCK 
After the hole is partially filled, use 
water generously before filling the hole 
with top soil so that the water will settle 
the soil around the plants and eliminate all 
air pockets. 
BALLED PLANTS should be handled 
by lifting the ball and not the top. 
Lift ball 
not top 
Dig a hole large enough to hold ball and 
permit firming the earth around it. Place 
plant with top of ball even with the sur- 
face of the ground. Do not remove burlap. 
Fill in about Y3 with soil, then cut top 
string and fold back corners of burlap. Fill 
the hole with water and, when soaked in, 
throw in the remainder of the soil. Firm 
the soil well, leave a shallow basin and 
fill again with water. Water again to assure 
thorough soaking of the ball. Do not rely 
on sprinklers or sprinkling system to do 
this until plant is well established. 
Never place commercial fertilizer in 
the hole when planting. Small quantities 
of fertilizer may be applied when plants 
are thoroughly established and growing. 
Reprint Courtesy California 
Association of Nurserymen 
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