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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



able factors of growth and not to the 

 exercise of tree culture. When these 

 trees were planted the streets were 

 of cobble, the footways of brick, and 

 surface drainage common. The intro- 

 duction of new paving materials for 

 both road-bed and footways and under- 

 ground drainage makes the successful 

 growth of shade trees on the streets 

 possible now only through the practice 

 of intensive arboriculture. Baltimore 



ideal, because the inspectors are versed 

 only in the legal phase of the subject. 

 The classes of work carried on by the 

 Division are the ordinary ones of plant- 

 ing, pruning, spraying, removing and 

 tree repair. All work is done from a 

 single working centre which, while 

 somewhat remote from certain points 

 of the city, is centrally located with 

 respect to the "tree area." A large 

 compost and soil heap, a "heeling in" 



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Architecture Common to Baltimore. 



NOTE THE SMALL PLANTING SPACES ON THE NARROW CEMENT FOOTWAY. THIS IS NOW PREVENTED BY THE OFFICE 

 OF TREES, AND MUCH LARGER PLANTING SPACES ARE REQUIRED. 



is characteristically a city of narrow 

 footways and solid blocks of houses, 

 factors which make the solution of the 

 tree problem difficrdt. The conspicuous 

 absence of front lawns or grass plots, 

 and the increasing of cement footways 

 and asphalt roadways adds greatly to 

 the difficulty of growing shade trees on 

 the footways. 



The provisions of Baltimore's shade 

 tree laws are carried out through the 

 City Forester's office by means of the 

 permit system using the city's patrol- 

 men as the inspectors. This plan is not 



ground, and a repair shop are valuable 

 divisions of the working center. 



The present scheme of planting on 

 the footways of the city provides for 

 the planting of public thoroughfares 

 (not business streets) and drives first. 

 Such a system of planting reaches the 

 greatest possible number of people. 

 The placing of trees on streets other 

 than those mentioned will have to come 

 later imless the work is paid for by the 

 benefited property owners. 1,795 trees 

 of the standard street species were 

 planted during the first year of work. 



