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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



A PART OF Tin; HARTFORD, COXNECTICUT, PARK SYSTEM 



Here the interesting features are the broken skyline, the variety of texture in the foliage and the partial concealment of the buildings. The 

 skyline carried high by the mass of trees and accentuated at another point by the tower exemplifies sound principles of landscape gardening. 

 The weeping willow in contrast with the coarser foliage of the neighboring shrubs and trees add much interest and the carefiil plaitting 



around the buildings brings them 

 surroundings. 



out just enough to liel]) the scene without making the architectural feature out of place in its quieter 



tlie nld-fashiuiKil iilea of furnishinsj; the citizens with set 

 and artificial gardens is fast disappearing and iiisteatl 

 iiian\' coniimmities are acquiring vast ranges of woodland, 

 mountain, lake and river scenery and phicing at the dis- 

 posal of their citizens these community forests, amidst 



need to do is to apply our forestry principles to the hand- 

 ling of these woods and collect that which nature might 

 scatter and we are sure to have a woodland park far more 

 attractive and wholesome than the formal garden. The 

 cost of starting and maintaining a forest park is also far 



which they may roam at will. In the acquisition of these less than the amount required for a similar area of formal 



parks the object sought is not the formal promenades, but park. There are only a few forest parks in this country, 



spacious areas in which the public can lose itself, forget- but while our cities are still young it is possible for them 



ting for the moment the restrictions of city life and revel- to set aside small tracts of woodland in their suburban 



iiig in the largeness of nature. Formerly our conception sections at a small cost and within a few years they will 



of a park has been, in many cases, as a storehouse for find themselves the possessors of ground not only worth 



elaborate buildings, ornamental cut stone and floral many times the original cost, but also of inestimable value 



designs. Such parks do not aftord the rest, inspir.ition to the health and development of their citizens, 



aiul refreshment which the city-wearied senses need so 



much. In such parks the city dweller cannot find the 

 relief for his mincl ami l)iuly which Cduld be found in 

 the poetic charm of the i|uiet woodland or the rural land- 

 scape. 



QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 

 O. Almost without exception, the shade trees in this 

 ;ity are trimmed in the early Spring and the trimming 



There are times when the formal and costly i)ark is consists of cutting back all the large limbs. The shade 



a necessity. Small city squares must Ik- more or less trees in this locality seem to grow much faster than the 



ff)rmal in design and they are, of course, very necessary same trees in the b'ast. The box elders, hard and sof! 



to every city of considerable size. But there are also maples, black locust and po])lar all send out such long 



strong arguments in favor of the woodland park. The shoots in a year that it is difficult to sha|)e the tree by 



woodland park in this country is a coniparatiyely new trimiuing, so the trees are cut horizontally through the 



departure in park develoi)nient, but the charm of nature center of the crown, the result being a lot of sprouts 



!M Ihc simplicity of its woodbinds is not new. All we from the stubs of the limbs, making a very hideous tree. 



