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up. Every tree, instead of seeming like one mass of foliage, 

 shows a prominent trunk, and the branching is clearly 

 brought out. The perspective of the street resembles a 

 great archway. Nothing of the health or utility of the trees 

 has been sacrificed; and from an esthetic standpoint the 

 maximum effect has been obtained. Contrast the appear 

 ance of the street shown in Fig. 17, and that shown in Plate 3. 



FIG. 17. A street the trees of which are in need of pruning. 



Plate 3 shows Midland Avenue in East Orange, after the 

 sugar maples were trimmed. Fig. 17 shows the continua 

 tion of the same street in Glen Ridge, where the pruning 

 was stopped. The former street shows all the lamps, the 

 branches turn upward and every tree stands out clearly. 

 Fig. 17 shows the drooping limbs forming one mass of 

 foliage that reaches almost to the ground. 



The Individual Tree. In the actual treatment of each 



