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POINTERS FOE OUE SOCIETIES 



MISS JESSIE M. GOOD, 



SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, IN THE "HOW OF IMPROVEMENT WORK. 



THE needs of communities differ so 

 widely that each association must 

 decide for itself that which the town 

 most lacks to make it beautiful and health- 

 ful, and supply what is lacking, no matter 

 whether it is window gardens or water- 

 works. 



STREET TREES. 



If your town is bleak and unshaded, plant 

 trees, but give thought to what and how you 

 plant. Because you love elms, you certain- 

 ly show a selfish affection when you plant 

 them twenty feet apart upon a paved street 

 sixty feet wide, knowing, as you must if you 

 love them, that the elm is one of the trees 

 that needs great space and moisture for its 



full development. Few shade trees should 

 be planted closer together than from twenty- 

 five to thirty-five feet. Why not intersperse 

 them with some ornamental flowering trees, 

 red buds, dog woods, crab apples, catalpas, 

 etc.? Why always plant forest trees for 

 city shade ? Why not plant fruit trees ? I 

 see you smiling, but in Erie, Pa., I know that 

 years ago Parade street was shaded for 

 many squares by cherry trees that were a 

 perennial delight, beautiful in their neat, 

 compact growth and glossy foliage, and a 

 joy when in blossom and fruitage. But did 

 not the boys steal the fruit, you ask? The 

 loss was not material. Boys who have all 

 the ripe cherries they want at home will not 



