76 REPORT OF THE FOREST COMMISSION. 



SHADE TREES. 



SUMMARY. 



Shade trees an asset of increasing value Shade Tree Federa- 

 tion How the State helps communities and individuals 

 Trees injured by gas Many trees damaged by drought 

 Street improvements need not involve loss of trees Coun- 

 try roads should be bordered with trees A bulletin on 

 the planting and care of shade trees. 



In keeping with an ever broadening civic life grows the interest 

 in trees and appreciation of their value. There is no need to 

 point out that arboriculture is not forestry, for the two can easily 

 travel together, and we have only to remember that it is important 

 to have more shade trees and to give all, old and new, proper 

 care. As a rule the care of old trees is the more important, for a 

 tree established, even though it be poor, is better than one newly 

 planted and subject to many dangers. 



SHADE TREE FEDERATION. 



A notable step taken in behalf of municipal tree interests was 

 the organization of the Shade Tree Federation of New Jersey 

 referred to in our last annual report. This association makes no 

 effort to secure a large membership; it seeks only to represent, 

 and afford a medium of communication between, communities 

 in which the desire to provide for the local shade trees has 

 crystalized in the form of a shade tree commission, or in which 

 such crystallization is desirable. The association, therefore, with 

 a membership of only 45 represents 26 regularly appointed shade 

 tree commissions, or committees of council having in effect the 

 same powers as shade tree commissions. 



