SHADE TREES. 



Fig. 9. Such exposure of roots is bad, but may be tolerated until a new 

 tree can be established. 



INJURIES. 



All street trees are subject to injury of many kinds other 

 than those against which ordinary guards are provided. 



It is the duty of every owner who occupies space on the 

 sidewalk to maintain a good tree, to co-operate with his neigh- 

 bors, the Shade Tree Commission or other local authority, 

 and with the public service corporations that also use the 

 streets, to the end that injuries of every kind may be avoided 

 or promptly remedied. 



The principle that shade trees have a direct bearing upon 

 property values is well established in this State, and one who 

 Vlllue suffers loss can recover far more than the wood 



of trees. value of a killed tree or the cost of a new one. 



Nevertheless contests should be avoided, and in the follow- 

 ing pages an effort is made to show how all interests can be 

 harmonized as well as how various kinds of injuries should 

 be treated. 



