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street planting. Add others, if you 'desire, such as the Horse- 

 Chestnut ; or better still the American "Buckeye." They look 

 very much alike, but the leaf of the Buckeye is smaller, and the 

 wood tough, and the tree strongly built. The Liquid Amber, or 

 Sweet Gum tree is a very good one. The Ash is pretty but not 



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 With Top Gone, the Tree is Destroyed. 



desirable for the street. I often see Mulberries, June-berries, 

 and the like planted on the street. It is no place for them. 



"What distance apart should street trees be planted?" That 

 depends on the kind of tree, width of the street, character of the 

 soil, etc. Never closer than twenty-five feet. If the street be 

 wide and the soil good, plant from thirty to sixty feet apart. 

 Does that astonish you? Well, just take a look at the "big 

 Elms" in New Haven and Hartford, Conn., and at Framingham, 

 Mass., and scores of other New England towns. Those early set- 



