. 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. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. TREES Melia is found un satisfactory in tlie immediati M( iiiit\ . t tin (oast, a^ a sidewalk tree it is eiceedii ii losing its leaves, and is also much sects Acacia melanoxylon is 1 from the Citrous belt, as a breedtr I iiiituie it is sa


. 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. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. TREES Melia is found un satisfactory in tlie immediati M( iiiit\ . t tin (oast, a^ a sidewalk tree it is eiceedii ii losing its leaves, and is also much sects Acacia melanoxylon is 1 from the Citrous belt, as a breedtr I iiiituie it is said to suffer quickly from tin (thctsot diouglit In the moister climate of the immediate vicinity of the coast, near San Francisco, however, it proves entirely satisfactory. Populns alba, Bobhiia Pseudacacia and Ulmtis racemosa are exceedingly troublesome when used as sidewalk trees on narrow streets; their surface roots often break the < . Tolerant of medium t Acacia melanoxylon, Ailantus glandulosa, Albizzia lopbantha, Casuarina eQuisetifolia, Eucalyptus amygdalina, var. angustifolia (appa- rently the least sensi- tive of the Eucalypts). AAA. Only Acer maerophylluni. Acer Negundo, var. Cali- fomicum, or asphalt sidewalks, and the suckers come up in the midst of lawns several yards away from the parent tree. Picus macrophyU'i is another tree injuri- ous to sidewalks. Eucalijplus Globu- lus, and in fact almost all species of the ge- nus, are frequently debarred by town ordi- nance from growth within CO or even 70 feet of a sewer, on ac- count of the remarka- ble length and pene- trating power of their Paiilowi, imperi- ob-. ilkali (chiefly "white" salts). Eucalyptus rostrata (Fit*. 2566), Eucalyptus sideroxylon, Phoenix dactylifera, Platanus orientalis, Populus Fremonti, Quercus lobata, Robinia Pseudacacia. fairly tolerant. Cinnamomum Camphora, Gleditschia triacanthos, Ulmus spp. Washingtonia filifera. AAAA. Tested and found unsuitable. Most of those trees of the hu


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