A few years ago I visited Salt L,ake City and was wonderfully 

 impressed with the beauty, restfulness, and value of trees for shade and 

 ornament. I had spent a month just previous to this on the treeless 

 plains of North Dakota and Montana. To pass from such a region 

 into a city where every street was bordered and every home belted 

 with stately, graceful trees was like coming to an oasis in a desert. 



What to plant. When we begin to study a good shade tree we 

 learn that it should meet certain demands, or should have certain 



Shade for Man and Beast. 



qualities or characteristics. Of these, the following are the most 

 essential: 



1 i ) An agreeable shade 



(2) A pleasing appearance 



(3) Easy to transplant 



(4) Vigorous and long-lived 



(5) Free from insect enemies, disagreeable odors, and objection- 

 able litter. 



Agreeable Shade. Not all shade is agreeable. The shade of some 

 trees is too dense and that of others too light. A heavy woolen blanket 

 properly suspended will make a shade; so will mosquito netting, but we 

 would not care to use either. Trees with a close, compact head, and 

 large heavy leaves may make too dense a shade. On the other hand 

 trees with small leaves and open, spreading branches may make too 

 light a shade. So far as shade alone is concerned, the beech is nearly 

 ideal. Its leaves are about the right size, they are well distributed, and 

 so attached that a slight breeze causes them to rustle, giving a sense of 

 refreshing coolness. The branches of the beech are widespread and 



