CHAPTER VI 

 THE ADVANTAGES OF TOWN TREES 



WHETHER from an ornamental or sanitary 

 point of view, the advantages of judiciously 

 planted trees and shrubs in our larger centres 

 of industry can hardly be over-estimated. 

 That a quantity of healthy growing foliage 

 has a wonderful effect in purifying the atmo- 

 sphere is a recognised fact, and certainly far 

 more than compensates for any damage to 

 health that might be occasioned by its decay 

 in autumn; while the cheerful aspect pro- 

 duced by trees and shrubs when planted in 

 our streets and squares renders them of 

 special value and the greatest importance. 

 In connection with architecture, too, the 

 beautifying and softening effect of trees is 

 gradually being admitted, though for long 



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