SILVER MAPLE 
Shade Trees 
These deciduous trees lose their leaves 
in winter months and are easily grown 
anywhere, including our driest regions. 
They provide cool shade in summer and 
allow adequate sunshine through in the 
winter. These trees are rapid in growth 
and will supply you with shade in a com- 
paratively short time. 
Shade trees, besides providing beauty 
and the comfort of summer shade, add 
greatly to the value of one’s property. 
Anyone spending a California summer 
in a home without the benefit of a shade 
tree will surely appreciate the impor- 
tance of these beautiful trees. 
Acer Dasycarpum (Silver Maple) 60 ft. 
A beautiful, fast-growing tree, bark light 
in color. Foliage deeply lobed and vari- 
able. The underside of the leaf has a 
silver, or whitish cast. Every Fall the 
leaves have the glorious Autumn shades. 
Betuia Alba (European White Birch) 30 ft. 
Rapid grower, bark white. The shimmer- 
ing, triangular foliage and slender, grace- 
ful shape make it a picturesque tree. 
Betula Alba Laciniata Pendula 
(Cut-leaf Weeping Birch) 2 Ontte 
This beautiful form of European White 
Birch has a snow-white trunk that grows 
as straight as an arrow. The slender, 
pendulous branches have deeply cut 
leaves. 
Catalpa Speciosa (Hardy Catalpa) 60 ft. 
A medium sized tree of rapid growth. 
Huge foliage; flowers large, white, with 
brown marks, shaped like those of a 
Trumpet Vine. In the Summer months it 
has a long, green pod. 
Trees shown here 
are three 
years from planting. 
Fast growing 
shade trees are a 
definite help 
in keeping the home 
cool in summer, 
yet allow sun to shine 
through during 
winter season. 
CARE OF SHADE TREES 
For the first few years, until the top 
grows large enough to do the job, the 
trunk of a shade tree should be pro- 
tected from sunshine. This is particu- 
larly necessary the first year, when the 
bark is still thin and very susceptible 
to burn. A coating of whitewash or the 
use of tree protectors will provide pro- 
tection until the tree’s top is suffi- 
ciently large to shade the trunk. 
Casual sprinkling is not a satisfac- 
tory means of irrigating. The trees 
should be provided with an adequate 
water basin which must be regularly 
and frequently filled, at least until 
they are several years old and their 
root systems well established. 
The only pruning necessary is to 
form the desired shape and the re- 
moval of any cross limbs that detract 
from its beauty. 
Celtis Occidentalis (Hackberry) 60-80 ft. 
A fine, large, shade tree for the hot, dry 
Southwestern country. The light green 
foliage resembles the Elm somewhat. Not 
affected by insects or disease and grows 
in all types of soil. Recommended highly 
for all hot and desert areas. 
Fraxinus Velutina Glabra 
(Modesto Ash) 60 ft. 
Medium to fast grower with no known 
disease. Large, clean shade tree with 
bright, glossy green foliage having no 
seed pod. It has inherited its sturdy 
resistance to adverse conditions from its 
parent, the Arizona Ash. 
Liriodendron Tulipifera 
(Tulip Tree) 70 ft. 
A fine, pyramidal tree with clean trunk 
and well furnished with big, unusually 
formed, light green leaves. Tulip-like 
flowers of greenish-yellow, marked or- 
ange within at the base. 
SWEENEY, KRIST & DIMM, HORTICULTURAL PRINTERS, PORTLAND, ORE 
MODESTO ASH 
Melia Umbraculiformis 
(Texas Umbrella) 30 ft. 
A very rapid growing shade tree for the 
hot Interior Valleys. The branches radiate 
from the trunk to form a large, rounded 
umbrella head. Densely covered with 
fern-like leaves. 
Morus Kingan Fruitless 
(Fruitless Mulberry) 40 ft. 
One of the finest shade trees for the hot 
regions because it gives shade in an amaz- 
ingly short time. Very large, deep green 
leaves that fall within a short time after 
empties thus making a clean tree for the 
yard. 
Platanus Orientalis 
(European Sycamore) 60 ft. 
Foliage dense, bright green and fine 
lobed. Bark sheds from trunk and older 
branches in Fall. A symmetrical growing 
tree attaining a height of approximately 
60 feet. These trees are planted exten- 
sively in the San Joaquin Valley of Cali- 
fornia. 
Populus Nigra Italica 
(Lombardy Poplar) 60 ft. 
A very tall, slender, erect Poplar used 
extensively for backgrounds, windbreaks 
and for lining driveways and border 
plantings. 
Tilia Americana (American Linden) 75 ft. 
Fine tree of rapid, erect growth when 
young, but ultimately forms a fine broad, 
round head. Leaves bright green, very 
large. 
Ulmus Parvifolia (Chinese Elm) 50 ft. 
The most rapid grower of all Elms. Slen- 
der, graceful tree with slightly drooping 
branches. This tree adapts itself to all 
types of soil and will stand extreme heat, 
cold, drought and alkali. Can be planted 
almost anywhere with success. 
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