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DECIDUOUS SHADE TREES — Continued 
Lombardy Poplar 
SWEET GUM for Fall Color 
Liquidambar Styraciflua (Sweet Gum). Slow 
growing, tall, narrow tree with maple-like 
leaves useful in parkway plantings or as 
lawn specimens. Clean, neat growth but 
glorious in November and December when 
arrayed in its autumnal orange, red and 
gold. Promising street tree. Gal. $1.50, 
5 (Ep, Sh. 75) Wop (keds) Sh3)50 uy. 
TULIP TREE 
Liriodendron Tulipifera (Tulip Tree). Tall 
growing, symmetrical tree with straight 
trunk and dark green odd-shaped leaves. 
Flowers are greenish-white cup-shaped. A 
very desirable shade tree. Always neat. 
Bare Root 6-8’ $3.75 up; 5 Gal. $4.00. 
TEXAS UMBRELLA TREE 
Melia Azedarach Umbraculiformis (Texas 
Umbrella). Rapidly growing to about 35 
feet, forms a flat-topped, umbrella-like 
crown of dense fern-like leaves. Panicles 
of lavender flowers in summer. Very tol- 
erant of heat, alkali and drought. Drops 
small white berries. Bare Root 6-8’ $2.50 
up; 5 Gal. $3.50) up: 
PISTACHIO 
Pistacia Chinensis (Chinese Pistachio). A 
very attractive fast growing shade tree 
with a round head and lovely pinnate leaves 
that turn beautiful hues in the fall. Very 
hardy. Gal. $1.50; 5 Gal. $4.00. 
POPLARS 
Populus Alba Bolleana (Bolle’s Silver Popu- 
lar). Tall and slender like the Lombardy, 
but with silver-gray effect in its foliage. 
Bare Root 6-8’ $2.50 up; 5 Gal. $3.50 up. 
Populus Canadensis (Carolina Poplar). A 
large, fast-growing, robust tree providing 
a good shade quickly. Hardy and easy to 
grow. Heat, alkali and drouth tolerant. 
Bare Root 6-8’ $2.50 up; 5 Gal. $3.50 up. 
Populus Candicans (Balm-o-Gilead). A very 
fast growing, large, spreading tree with 
bright green foliage, and clean white bark. 
Similar to cottonwood, only does not shed 
any bothersome cotton. Bare Root 6-8’ 
$255 0)up 35> Gall) $3.50) up: 
Populus Nigra Italica (Lombardy Poplar). 
Tall slender column excellent as a tall ac- 
cent tree. Requires little room to grow. 
Frequently used as windbreak, or street 
trees. Bare Root 6-8’ $2.50 up; 5 Gal. 
$3.50 up. 
Liquidambar 
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 best, widely planted street trees in 
California. Excellent back yard shade tree 
too! Bare Root 6-8’ $2.50 up; 5 Gal. 
$325 08Ups 
Platanus Racemosa (California Sycamore). 
Very attractive, large, deciduous tree with 
mottled bark. Foliage large and maple- 
like. Commonly seen along our streams and 
rivers. Bare Root 6-8’ $2.50 up; 5 Gal. 
$4.00 up. 
WINGNUT 
Pterocarya Stenoptera (Chinese Wingnut). 
An ornamental deciduous tree 30 to 60 
feet high, somewhat similar to a walnut. 
Gal. $1.50, 5 Gal. $4.00. 
OAKS 
(Other Oaks listed under Evergreen Trees) 
Quercus Coccinea (Scarlet Oak). A large 
tree 60 to 80 feet high, with bright green 
foliage turning a brilliant scarlet in au- 
tumn. 5 Gal. $4.00. 
WEEPING WILLOWS 
Salix Babylonica (Weeping Willow). Gaceful 
tree to 30 feet with long drooping 
branches. The leaves are finely toothed, 
greyish-green beneath. Very fast. Effective 
as a screen, background tree, or pool edge 
effect. Bare Root 6-8’ $2.50 up; 5 Gal. 
$3.50 up. 
Salix Babylonica Aurea (Golden Weeping 
Willow). A variety with golden bark and 
lighter leaves. Bare Root 6-8’ $2.50 up; 
5 Gal. $3.50 up. 
MOUTAIN ASH 
Sorbus Americana (American Mountain Ash) . 
A small tree 15 to 30 feet high with com- 
pound leaves, tiny flowers, and bright red 
berries. Bare Root 6-8’ $2.50; 5 Gal. 
$4.00. 
LINDEN 
Tilia Americana (American Linden). A large 
shade tree 40 to 60 feet high with large, 
round, dark green leaves. Bare Root 6-8’ 
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ELM 
Ulmus Pumila (Chinese Elm). Very rapid, 
tall-growing, extremely hardy tree. Tol- 
erant of most soil and weather. Holds 
leaves late. Bare Root 6-8’ $2.50 up; 5 
Gal. $3.50 up. 
White Birch 
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