dition of each. The crying need of more and better trees and 

 particularly of greater care of existing trees revealed by the survey 

 led to the appointment of a city forester. Much good work in 

 the setting out of new trees and doctoring of old resulted, and it 

 is a satisfaction to know that the newly planted trees have as a 

 whole withstood the storm, and that the loss of old trees, elms 

 especially, would have been much greater had it not been for the 

 recent work of the park commission. 



In the hurricane of 1893 the city was so denuded of trees that 

 the park board, on what has proved to be mistaken advice, set out 

 thousands of Carolina poplars. These grew rapidly and accom- 

 plished one object — that of quickly supplying shade. But for 

 many reasons too generally admitted to need recapitulation, the 

 Carolina poplar has proved unsatisfactory as a street tree. The 

 fact that after only eighteen years, the period from storm to 

 storm, the city is again nearly dismantled of trees, proves con- 

 clusively that the greatest care must in the future be taken to 

 plant trees not for immediate shade but for permanent stability. 

 Charleston streets cannot be beautifully shaded until this principle 

 is considered. Probably no city in the country has so difficult a 

 problem to meet in the treatment of its streets. At least it is safe 

 to try what has been proved. Live oaks on wide streets where 

 there are no trolley cars, other oaks and magnolias on the nar- 

 rower streets or along trolley lines, ornamental trees such as the 

 crepe myrtle alternating with, for example, magnolias where color 

 may be made effective, palmettos to lend a tropical effect — these 

 are some of the possibilities for making Charleston a city of lux- 

 uriant shade. 



P. M. Rea. 

 L. M. Bragg. 



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