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TREES AS GOOD CITIZENS 



How to plant roadside trees where there are telephone and telegraph poles. 



placed to advantage, shrubs will produce highly ornamen 

 tal effects. Species native to the neighborhood are 

 desirable, because of demonstrated suitability to climatic 

 and soil conditions. A dwarf-growing tree of shrub-like 

 characteristics which is much used for ornamental drive 

 ways is the Hawthorn or Thornapple. The boulevard in 

 Genesee Valley Park, at Rochester, has been planted with 

 this variety for a stretch of two and one-half miles. 

 When in bloom the Hawthorn is a plant of rare beauty 

 and later in the season, it has the charm of a profusion of 

 large, red fruit and dense dark green foliage. 



The location of the rows of trees along a roadway 

 must necessarily be determined by local conditions. 

 Regard must be had for telephone or telegraph lines and 

 the trees should be located in a way that will result in 

 the smallest possible interference from wires and poles. 

 A 60 foot roadway may be advantageously subdivided 

 into a 30 foot drive, with 15 feet on either side for the 



