RING PLUM (Prunus Blireiana) 
MODESTO ASH (Fraxinus Velutina Glabra) 
GOLDEN CHAIN TREE (Laburnum Vossi) 
Deciduous SHADE TREES 
The trees listed here lose their leaves during the winter months. All are hardy anywhere, unless 
minimum temperature is indicated. 
All are easy to grow and some make very rapid growth. Shade 
trees from dormant bare root stock are available far planting from late December to mid-March. 
varieties are available growing in containers at slightly higher prices. 
In any other season, most 
Bare Root, $3.00 up; in containers $3 
MAPLE 
Acer dasycarpum, Silver Maple. Rapid grow- 
ing large shade tree. The under side of the 
leaves are silvery white. Golden yellow in fall. 
SILKTREE (Albizzia) 
Albizzia julibrissin. Pink flowers with heads 
crowded on the upper end of the branches. 
BIRCH 
Betula alba, European White Birch. Popular 
fast growing tree with beautiful white bark 
with horizontal black lines. Light green fo- 
liage shimmers with the slightest breeze. 
Betula alba laciniata, Cut Leaf Birch. Grace- 
ful weeping branches and delicately cut 
leaves make this an exquisitely beautiful tree 
for lawn planting. Bark same as White Birch. 
ASH 
Fraxinus velutina glabra, Modesto Ash, Com- 
pact, rapid growing tree with dense bright 
glossy green foliage. It comes out early in the 
spring, does not have any bothersome seed 
pods to clean up, and sheds its leaves late in 
the fall. Of intermediate size, it is very de- 
sirable for parkways, avenue and garden plant- 
ing. Does equally well in coastal, valley and 
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GOLDEN-CHAIN TREE 
Laburnum vossi. An exceptional showy tree 
when in bloom in April and May. Long ra- 
cemes of golden-yellow, pea-shaped blooms 
are suspended from branches covered with 
clover-like foliage. 
TULIP TREE 
Liriodendron tulipifera. Tall growing sym- 
metrical tree with straight trunk and dark 
green leaves. Flowers are yellow-orange, cup- 
shaped. Always neat and trim. Leaves develop 
an autumn color in fall. 
SWEET GUM for Fall Color 
Liquidambar styraciflua. Slow growing tree 
with maple-like leaves useful in parkway 
plantings or as lawn specimens. Clean, neat 
growth but glorious in November and Decem- 
ber when arrayed in its autumnal orange, red 
and gold. 
FRUITLESS MULBERRY 
Morus alba striblingi. One of the finest per- 
manent shade trees for very rapid growth and 
dense shade. The large sycamore shaped leaves 
are of a rich, shiny dark green above the 
lighter green beneath. Ideal for avenue, park, 
and landscape plantings. Small, male flowers 
form, but they soon drop off. Height 30 to 40 
ft. 5° below zero. 
POPLAR 
Populus alba bolleana, Silver Poplar. Like the 
Lombardy, but with silver-gray foliage. 
Populus nigra italica, Lombardy Poplar. Tall 
slender column excellent as a tall accent tree. 
Frequently used as windbreak, or street trees. 
.75 up depending on size and variety. 
SYCAMORE or PLANE TREE 
Platanus_ orientalis, European Sycamore. 
Handsome symmetrical shade tree. Dense 
light green maple-like leaves and greenish 
white mottled bark on older trees. One of the 
most widely planted street trees for California. 
Platanus racemosa, California Sycamore. See 
Natives, page 13. 
CHINESE PISTACHE 
‘Pistacia chinensis. This round-head, 40-60 ft. 
high tree is famous for the fall colors of scarlet 
and crimson. Does best where summers are 
long and hot. The walnut-like leaves are red- 
dish when young. 
OAK 
Quercus coccinea, Scarlet Oak. So called for its 
deeply lobed foliage which turns from bright 
green to brilliant scarlet in cold autumn 
weather. Grows 60 to 80 ft. high with wide- 
spread ring crown. Bark reddish in winter. 
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak). Very fine street 
tree, tall with gracefully drooping branches. 
Deep lobed foliage with sharp points. 
Quercus rubra (Red Oak). An excellent tree 
of rapid growth. Foliage turns russet and 
copper in autumn. 
WEEPING WILLOW 
Salix babylonica. Grows up to 30 feet with 
long drooping branches. The leaves are finely 
toothed, greyish-green beneath. 
ELM 
Ulmus pumila, Chinese Elm. Very rapid grow 
ing, extremely hardy tree. Tolerant of most 
soil and water conditions. Holds leaves late. 
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