Trees in Towns and Villages of)7 



The variety of trees for cities - - densely crowded cities - 

 is but small; and this chieily because the warm brick walls 

 are such hiding-places and nurseries for insects that many 

 fine trees - - fine for the country and for rural towns - 

 become absolute pests in the cities. Thus, in Philadelphia, 

 we have seen, with regret, whole rows of the European 

 linden cut down within the last ten years, because this tree, 

 in cities, is so infested with odious worms that it often be- 

 comes unendurable. On this account that foreign tree, the 

 ailanthus, the strong scented foliage of which no insect will 

 attack, is every day becoming a greater metropolitan favor- 

 ite. The maples are among the thriftiest and most accept- 

 able trees for large cities, and no one of them is more 

 vigorous, cleaner, hardier, or more graceful than the silver 

 maple. 



We must defer any further remarks for the present; but 

 we must add, in conclusion, that the planting season is at 

 hand. Let every man, whose soul is not a desert, plant 

 trees; and that not alone for himself, within the bounds of 

 his own demesne, but in the streets, and along the rural 

 highways of his neighborhood. Thus he will not only lend 

 grace and beauty to the neighborhood and county in which 

 he lives, but earn, honestly and well, the thanks of his 

 fellowmen. 



