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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Photo by H. R. Francis. 



A Street Planted with Trees of Undesirable Varieties Which are not Uniform in Size, in 

 Distance of Spacing and in Different Habits of Growth. 



This is the result accompanying individual effort in street tree planting where each property owner 

 plants a tree without due consideration as to the value of a tree as a unit in the planting scheme 

 of the street as a whole. 



connection with the work in each For- 

 ester's department. 



A MUNICIPAL NURSERY 



A municipal nursery, which should 

 be established where soil and location 

 would be most advantageous, should be 

 under the control of the bureau as a 

 whole. One municipal nursery could 

 easily serve all the boroughs. This 

 municipal nursery could be put in the 

 charge of a trained arboriculturist with 

 special experience in nursery work. A 

 nursery of about 100 acres would serve 

 the purpose of supplying trees for the 

 forestry work of the entire city. 



THE QUESTION OF COST 



The initial cost of planting trees on 

 city streets should be borne by the own- 

 ers of property along that street, which 

 is the same method used for other 

 street improvements. The care and 

 maintenance of trees should be borne 



by the general tax. Trees planted after 

 the Bureau of Tree Culture has been 

 formed should be guaranteed for life 

 as long as the street remains in condi- 

 tion to warrant growth of trees. Trees 

 other than those planted after the 

 Bureau has been established and those 

 that are in condition necessitating re- 

 moval should be taken out at the ex- 

 pense of the property owner. Property 

 owners should be responsible for in- 

 juries due to falling of trees, etc. When 

 trees are removed for other reasons 

 than their dangerous condition, for in- 

 stance, killing of trees by gas, the tree 

 being in a firm and safe condition for 

 several years thereafter, a permit 

 should be granted for its removal upon 

 the deposit of a sum sufficient to plant 

 a new tree at or near the old location. 

 This would mean that the gas com- 

 pany, for instance, would be responsi- 

 ble for the replacement of a new, live 

 tree. 



