Archive image from page 244 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer06bail Year: 1906 2620. California Laurel—Urnbellularia Califomica (XM, Californica, Nutt. (Oreoddphne Califdrnica, Nees). Fig. 2620. Handsome evergreen tree, 20 to 30 or even 80 to 90 ft.
Archive image from page 244 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer06bail Year: 1906 2620. California Laurel—Urnbellularia Califomica (XM, Californica, Nutt. (Oreoddphne Califdrnica, Nees). Fig. 2620. Handsome evergreen tree, 20 to 30 or even 80 to 90 ft. high, with erect or suberect slender branches, conical outline and dense foliage: lvs. containing a highly aromatic and volatile essential oil, and burning vigorously in the camp fire, even while green: fls. fra- grant: drupes at first yellowish green, becoming purple when ripe. Dec. to May. —One of the most abundant and characteristic of Californian trees, common in moist places, particularly along streams in the Coast Range foothills and mountains, and attaining its greatest size in the cool, fog-moistened alluvial valleys of the coast of northern California and southern Oregon; it is but rarely seen in the drier interior valleys of the state. It often crowns the highest points of the coast range hills, up to about 2,500 feet altitude and far from the nearest spring or other visible sign of moisture, but in such cases the rock strata are nearly vertical and easily penetrated by the long roots which are able thus to reach hidden supplies of water. In such places it usu- ally forms dense clumps or thickets of shrubs or small trees which are frequently shorn by the cutting ocean winds as though by a gardener's shears, suggesting its adaptability for clipped-hedge and wind-break work. The wood takes a beautiful polish and is considered 'the most valuable wood produced in the forests of Pacific North America, for the interior finish of houses and furniture,' for which purpose
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