years after and then fail. 

 This sand will not retain 

 enough moisture for large 

 trees, besides it has been 

 affected by deep drains, con- 

 duits, etc. The remedy is, 

 pull out every tree you have 

 there and excavate 4 feet 

 deep, and run this barren 

 rubbish down on the lake 

 front and then fill in with a 

 good clay loam. Dispense 

 with sod and cover with 3 or 

 4 inches of gravel. Do this 

 and then you can grow the 



Photo 111. 



Photo 110. 



elm or maple with top from 50 to 75 feet in diameter. ' 'What !' 

 you exclaim, "would you recommend such a radical move, in- 

 volving such an enormous expense /" I would. You have spent 

 enough to accomplish this ten times over and have nothing but 

 objects of vexation. But I am sure you will not take such a 

 rash step until you have some assurance that this would be a 

 remedy. It is well to take cautious steps. Hence, I make you 

 the following proposition, namely: If your park officials will 

 do just as I tell them, I will plant eight small elms on that part 

 of your Square shown in photo 109. These elms will in time completely cover that entire 

 plat. I would form their heads not less than 15 feet high, so as not to obstruct any view. 

 The heads of the trees that you have now are all too low. Look at those scrawny 

 excuses for trees in front of the Forest City House. The tops should be up high, but the 

 branches are so low that they (together with the scrubby underbrush called shrubs, a 

 rendezvous for that wonderful songster, the English sparrow) cut off all view across the 

 Square. I will plant and care for said elms for ten years, and neither trees nor my indi- 

 vidual labor shall cost your city one cent. As your whole city is built on sand, your city- 

 officials ought to have "sand" enough to take up my proposition and have the test made.. 

 You can never get a. fairly good shade tree on your streets that are paved unless you 

 plant in another situation. Photo in is a portion of Euclid Place. There is a row- 



Photo 112. 



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