RURAL AND CITY SHADE TREE IMPROVEMENT. 



The New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University 

 as a well equipped State College can render unusual service to the 

 people of Xew York in all matters pertaining to the planting and 

 preservation of shade trees as well as those dealing with general 

 Forestry problems. In carrying out the provisions of its Charter, 

 The College of Forestry, through its Forest Extension Service, offers 

 to all communities in the State where no well organized shade tree 

 departments or commissions have been established, the assistance of 

 its corps of experts in all questions pertaining to shade trees. The 

 Departments of Landscape Engineering and of Forest Entomology 

 are well equipped to give expert advice in all matters connected with 

 the improvement of public shade tree areas. Some of the most com- 

 mon problems of this nature are the planting and preservation of 

 shade trees along country roadsides, village and city streets, town 

 commons, village greens, city squares, recreation areas, playgrounds, 

 school grounds, rural cemeteries, etc. 



COUNTRY ROADSIDES are nearly always in need of improvement. 

 The artistic effect produced by the planting of trees and shrubs along 

 roadsides is supplemented by the value of the large trees as a wind- 

 break. Rural communities are usually desirous of securing a growth 

 of good, healthy trees along roadsides but as the manner in which 

 this can be secured is often a perplexing problem to the people of 

 the rural communities, the improvement is likely to be abandoned 

 before any good results have been accomplished. The Forest Ex- 

 tension Service of the College will come in and help by bringing 

 before the people the laws governing these operations and by mapping 

 out the arrangement of trees and advising as to the desirable varieties 

 of planting material. Further help can be given by suggesting as to 

 the care of the trees and the shrubs. 



VILLAGE STREETS can be greatly improved by the planting of trees. 

 The trees planted along village streets are commonly of poor varieties 

 and thousands of them throughout the State are dying. Xew trees 

 should be planted to take the place of those that cannot be saved by 

 pruning, spraying, etc. Unplanted areas along the streets need new 

 trees. The Forest Experts of the College can make suggestions along 

 lines of tree planting and preservation so that the expenditures of 

 labor and money shall be most effective. 



