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destroyed. Thus this road continues, extending 

 out from some town, perhaps in central Illinois, 

 and becomes more interesting with each year's added 

 growth. 



To be sure, there are long stretches where the crops 

 come to the fences without any interference whatever 

 from the growth in the highway, having a ground- 

 cover along the sides of the roadway consisting of 

 the lower growth that has been mentioned often, 

 not more than two or three feet high. Where the 

 planted wood areas occur, the street planting joins 

 directly on to that of the forest, giving an effect 

 almost equal to natural woods if the planter has been 

 skilful in selecting and arranging the various trees 

 and shrubs. 



CITY STREETS 



If one enters the city from one of the above de- 

 scribed country roads, one will be fortunate to find 

 a condition so happily described by the late Charles 

 Mulford Robinson as "the country flowing into the 

 city." By this expression he meant the growth of 

 trees, bushes and grass which should extend along 

 the sides of all city or village streets devoted to 

 homes. There are also some factory districts where 

 one finds not only street planting, but park-like 



