loth Street, Brandon, Manitoba, showing a handsome arrangement of Manitoba Maples. 

 A hedge of Caragana is visible on the inside of the walk. 



PLANTING SUITABLE SHADE TREES 



By F. E. Bucf(, Assistant Dominion Horticulturist, 

 Central Experimental Farm, Oltan^a. 



An Authoritative Guide to Right Selections That Will Help 

 the Planter of Memorial Trees. 



Trees not less than architecture determine the 

 beauty of the city. Trees proved certain factors 

 in the hfe of cities which, from the sanitary 

 standpoint, are invaluable. For example, the 

 Commissioner of Health of the City of New 

 York some years ago investigated the cause of 

 the high death rate in that city and found that 

 the extreme heat was one of the main causes. 

 It was, therefore, resolved that "one of the most 

 effective means for mitigating the intense heat 

 of the summer months and diminishing the death 

 rate amongst children is the cultivation of an 

 adequate number of trees in the streets." The 

 81,000 trees in the City of Paris are an ex- 

 ample of what can be done when tree planting 

 is undertaken by the city as a business-like 

 proposition. 



The economic value of shade trees, both to 

 the city and to the individual home, is also 

 inestimable. A certain farm in Ontario pos- 

 sessed a fine avenue of pine trees leading to the 



house. For some reason these trees were cut 

 down and it is vouched by first-hand authority 

 that when the farm was sold a few years later 

 Its value had depreciated $3,000 owing to this 

 one factor. 



Trees, as one of Nature's finest products, 

 which constitute an environment to our every- 

 day life, are not appreciated as they ^Ilould be. 

 Remove the trees and place humanity under 

 desert conditions and its life would he lowered 

 :n morale. It is reasonable to expect, iherofoie, 

 that one of the ways many individuals will wish 

 to commemorate the great war will be bv plant- 

 ing trees. Fortunately the choice of suitable 

 trees is large, but. owing to that very fact, 

 sometimes trees of an unsuitable type are 

 planted through ignorance. The qualities which 

 a good street tree should possess are as follows: 



I. Hardiness — especially in regard t ■> the 

 handicaps of city conditions. 



