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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Ul.AlJ ll,l.l.~. AT SOL'TilEKN END OF THE RAMUI.IC 



On this slope, which was made up of a fairly heavy clay soil with rocky outcrops nearby, thcr,- 

 were dcaci hickories, red maple, tulip tree, and pin oaks, all of about the same size and pretty 

 close together. Note the tops of the dead trees against the sky. 



I'l.NE ELM STRANGLED BY THE SIDEWALK 



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p.icc about the trunk is only about two and one-half feet wide, and the asphalt sidewalk 

 and drive have smothered the roots. This fine old tree is on the corner of Sflth Street and 5tli 

 ;\vetiue, and, with proper treatment, would have been a fine shade tree for many years to come. 



arc not too dry. Its 

 best growth is on 

 rich, fertile, deep 

 soil. 



A tree with much 

 the same kind of 

 root system as tlie 

 tulip is the cucuni- 

 her tree. Natural- 

 ly the species is 

 only found on deep, 

 moist soils, and 

 when so placed 

 grows into a tree 

 of large size and 

 great beauty. It is 

 found in several 

 places in Central 

 Park. 



The silver ma])le 

 is vi'rv common but is a poor tree on 

 account of llu- hrittk-ness of the wood, 

 being often badly injured by winter 

 storms. It is a poor tree to plant, but a 

 mimlier of ihem are found in Central 

 Park. 



.\nolber common species of tree often 

 met with in Central Park is the Norway 

 maple. This is a species from Europe 

 and is the most hardy and most resistant 

 of all the maples for city ])lanting. It 

 should, therefore, do well in Central 

 Park. 



There are a number of hard maples in 

 the park, and they make a handsome 

 ornamental tree. The species requires 

 for its best growth jtlenty of moisture all that is i-eet ok the famous cathedk.m. aisi is oi ii.ms .\lo.\g the .mall 



in the surface soil and nrefcmlllv a o-m-it '^'"^ young elms on the right without foliage are recently planted, and should come out in 

 pK-ii-iauiy d. glCcll nne or two years like the small elms on the extreme right. But the condition of the large 



The red maple which is common in 

 Central Park is really a bottomland tree; 

 at least, it grows best in moist, even in 

 wet soils, although it also is found on 

 ui)laiuls. It is apt to suffer from lack of 

 moisture when planted away from 

 streams or lakes. 



Horse chestnuts and buckeyes are very 

 frequently encountered in Central Park. 

 Their natural site is along streams and 

 on rich bottomlands with plenty of mois- 

 ture in the soil. They are living under 

 a strain whenever they are planted on 

 dry sites. 



The honey locust and the lilack locust, 

 also found in the park, are both trees with 

 deep, wide spreading roots, and able to 

 grow on a great variety of .soils, the latter 

 being especially able to stand verv hard 

 conditions, l^^or the 

 best development, 

 however, they both 

 need deep, fertile, 

 moist soil. 



Scattered occa- 

 sionally t h r (J u gh 

 the park are the 

 b o t a n i cal freak 

 trees called the 

 Gingko or Maiden 

 Hair tree. This 

 species comes from 

 China and is in 

 .\merica e n t i rely 

 free from all ene- 

 mies and fungus or 

 insect world. It is 

 very hardy and will 



siiifife 



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deal of hunuis in the soil also. 



elms on the left— -which have not reached the age limit for this tree makes the planting of more 

 of the same species on the same site open to question. 



