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been found, and along with all large nut-bearing trees, ditions where 1 would not hesitate to use the most 

 like the Walnut, Butternut and Hickor}-, are not desir- rapid-growing tree available, to act both as a screen 

 able along streets. The Black Locust (Rohiiiici /^sciido- and to give shade. There are conditions where the 

 acacia) suffers so severely from the attacks of the Locust necessity for a screen of foliage and for shade takes 

 borer and con- 

 sequent decay 

 that it is poor 

 policy to make 

 any but a very 

 limited use of 

 it. The Willow 

 is not adapted 

 either by its 

 form or dura- 

 l)ility as a street 

 tree. 



1 can well 

 imagine that 

 there are condi- 

 tions which de- 

 mand the use of 

 t r e e s of rapid 

 growth, trees 

 which ordina- 

 rily should not 

 be used along 

 streets. I have 

 seen many fac- 

 t o r y streets, 



raurtjacl grades Courlesy of the N. y. conservation Lommtsston. 



through cities, a treeless street 



, , , This is difficult to treat, but svcamore or Norway maple, if planted and kept carefully trimmed, would do much to destroy the ugly vista. 



and other con- 

 precedence over 

 beauty and 

 length of life. 

 The Ailanthus. 

 Carolina P o p- 

 lar, Black Pop- 

 lar, Lombardy 

 Poplar, Horse- 

 chestnut, Box 

 Elder, and sev- 

 eral other rap- 

 i (1 1 y grow-ing 

 b u t compara- 

 tively short- 

 lived species 

 are eminently 

 fitted for such 

 purposes. 

 Sometimes it is 

 jiossible to al- 

 ternate these 

 trees with 

 slower-growing 

 Init longer-lived 

 trees w h i c h 

 when they at- 

 t a i n sufficient 

 size mav be left. 



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Courtesy oj Hie 



Could anything be more inviting, restful, or pleasing to the artistic sense than this tree planting? Contrast this cut with the one aboVe. 



C onservalion t otnniission. 



A STREET PLANTED WITH WHITE BIRCH 



