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SHADE TREES. 



6. Beauty. The idea of beauty in a tree is satisfied when 

 it is normal in form, vigorous in growth, healthy, and suitably 

 placed. Street trees always suffer by contrast with those in 

 natural situations, yet when arranged harmoniously in well- 

 spaced rows, the uniformity of the trees matching the uni- 

 formity of the street, most satisfactory results 

 are obtained. This rule demands that all the 

 trees on a street, or at any rate all in a block, shall be of the 

 same kind and as near alike as possible in size and shape. 

 See Figs. 1 and 4. 



In choosing shade trees, it is always proper to consider the 

 buds, twigs, flowers, fruit and coloring of the leaves. The 

 pendant, spiky balls of the red gum are as at- 

 tractive through the winter as its brilliantly 

 colored leaves in the fall. Of all the trees fit for street plant- 

 ing the most gorgeous are the maples in their autumn dress. 

 The spring beauty of the horse chestnut in bloom is largely 

 offset by its dilapidated appearance in early autumn, when 

 most other trees are still fresh. 



Fruits, 



flowers, 



color. 



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Fig 3. A residence street insufficiently shaded. See Figs. 4 and 26. 



