Calamity of the City of Cleveland. 



"The Forest City." This is what the lovely city of Cleveland is called, and they 

 have not a tree in it worthy the name ; at any rate, not within a mile of the Square. 

 Clevelaoders sorely regret this and have labored hard to procure the desired shade. De- 

 feat has met them on every hand, and it seems that the causes of their failure have baffled 

 their wisest heads. "Why can't we grow decent trees on the Public Square?" has been 

 asked by thousands of Cleveland's best citizens. One says the failure is caused by gas 

 leakage, another assigns it to electric currents, a third attributes it to smoke, another this, 

 another that. Good citizens of Cleveland, there is just one cause of all your failures with 



shade trees. There are some other 

 minor matters that work adversely to 

 your trees in some parts of the city, 

 which I will presently explain. The 

 one cause of your trouble is not due to 

 electric currents, nor smoke, nor any 

 other atmospheric condition. Were 

 that the case, it would affect your 

 flowerbeds and other plants. You will 

 recognize a portion of the southeast 

 corner of your Public Square as shown 

 in photo 107. In no part of the 

 United States is there a healthier or 

 handsomer lot of plants grown than 

 around your soldiers' and sailors' 

 phot monument. This is true, also, in your 



Photo 107. 



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