SUGGESTIONS FOR PROPER PROCEDURE IN 

 SYSTEMATIC STREET TREE PLANTING FOR 

 TOWNS AND CITIES OF NEW YORK. 



Introduction. 



Every year there are being planted along the streets of 

 the towns and cities of Xew York vast numbers of shade 

 trees. With few exceptions this work is being done through 

 individual interest and efforts. Individuals who plant 

 street trees do so as a rule both to increase the attractiveness 

 of the community in which they live and to make their own 

 property more attractive and consequently more valuable. 

 People are usually anxious to plant the right kind of trees 

 that will have permanent value. To guide the people of 

 Xew York who wish to plant, in the important steps of tree 

 planting, is the object of this bulletin. It is designed to 

 encourage and assist by practical suggestions all who are 

 interested ; the property owner who desires to plant one tree 

 or more, or an organization that takes up street planting 

 along extensive lines. It is hoped that there can be found 

 in this bulletin information that will enable the planter in 

 every case to select a specific variety for a special purpose, 

 to plant that particular sort of tree successfully and withal 

 to bring about an improvement in shade tree conditions in 

 every community of the Empire State. 



Shade tree commissions with trained aboriculturists for 

 the executive officers are being appointed in some of the 

 cities of the State to control the planting as well as the 

 preservation of shade trees in parks, playgrounds and along 

 public streets. In this respect, however, New York State 

 has been backward compared with some of the other states 

 such as Massachusetts, ^"ew Jersey, and Pennsylvania. In 



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