Rural and City Shade Tree Improvement. 13 



communities in bringing to the attention of the people just where the 

 city or the community stands in the matter of this desirable asset. 

 These surveys can sometimes be followed by reports with suggestions 

 for the future in increasing the value of the shade trees. As an 

 example of this work the College has recently made a survey of the 

 street trees in five of the Boroughs of New York City. This work 

 was done in cooperation with the Tree Planting Association of 

 Xew York City and a report was submitted to the Association out- 

 lining the general conditions of the trees and making recommendations 

 for the organization of a Bureau for the systematic planting and 

 preservation of future shade trees. This report was submitted to the 

 Park Commission by the Tree Planting Association. 



SHADE TREE COMMISSIONS are being formed in many cities of the 

 State for the purpose of caring for shade trees of these cities. Many 

 problems come up as to the organization of these Commissions so as 

 to make them most effectual and economical. The Forest Exten- 

 tion Service of the College will always be glad to cooperate with 

 cities in working out these special problems and in supervising the 

 beginning of work along the right lines. 



OTHER ORGANIZATIONS such as Granges in working out local rural 

 improvements; village improvement societies in starting shade tree 

 planting and preservation campaigns, commercial clubs in forwarding 

 the improvement of City Forestry conditions, need assistance that 

 can be obtained from the State College of Forestry at Syracuse. 



THE PLACE OF THE STATE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY AT 

 SYRACUSE IX THE DEVELOPMEXT OF FORESTRY 

 THROUGHOUT THE STATE AXD ESPECIALLY IX THE 

 VILLAGE AXD CITY IMPROVEMEXT WORK IX THE 



STATE. 



The State of Xew York has no State University other than the 

 Board of Regents. To make it possible for the people of the State 

 to have the highest grade of technical education, the Legislature has 

 from time to time located State Colleges and State Schools at private 

 institutions. The best known of these is the State College of Agri- 

 culture at Cornell University. The State College of Forestry at 

 Syracuse University bears the same relation to the University, a 

 private institution, as the State College of Agriculture bears to 

 Cornell University, a private institution. The College of Agriculture 

 has a great work to do in the State in Agriculture and yet fully a 



