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results the future size of the trees has been overlooked, and 

 where the distance in spacing should have been 25 feet to 40 

 feet, it has been usually from 8 feet to 15 feet Sugar 

 maple saplings being so abundant in the woodlots surround- 

 ing the villages, the natural procedure has been to bring in 

 from the woods this variety of tree for planting along the 

 streets. A surprisingly large proportion of cities, towns and 

 villages of the State have sugar maples to fully 90 per cent, 

 of the entire number of street trees. The other 10 per cent, 

 is made up of miscellaneous species depending on the special 

 attachment of the planter for some particular kind of tree. 

 It is unfortunate that the sugar maple along streets does not 

 prosper and survive for as many years as in the sugar bush 

 and in the forest. 



Silver Maples Have Proven Undesirable for Street Planting. 



In many towns and cities there are large quantities of 

 soft maple varieties. These trees have been planted because 

 of their rapid growth and their wide adaptiveness to soil 

 conditions. Aside from the straggly habit of growth which 

 this kind of maple makes, it litters the streets with broken 

 branches whenever there is a windstorm. It has many 

 other objectionable qualities. There are thousands of maple 

 trees in Xew York that will need to be replaced by other 

 varieties if the streets of the towns and cities are to be as 

 well shaded in the future as they have been in the past. 



The American Elm Has Many Dangerous Insect Enemies. 



The American Elm has been a favorite for street use in 

 the State, Without doubt this is the ideal American shade 

 tree. However, the fact that, there are many insect and 

 fungus enemies of the elm puts it into a class of trees that 

 should be planted with full consideration of the risk involved 

 in its general cultivation. It is only a question of time 

 before the insect pests that have for years preyed on elm 

 trees in Xew England will invade many parts of New York 

 State. Already -many towns and cities in the State are 

 spraying annually in order to save the elms. But even after 



