CHAPTER V. 



THE PLACING OF SHADE TREES 



STREET planting of shade trees must adapt itself to con- 

 ditions. Appearance and the opportunity for proper 

 growth are the determining factors in successful planting, 

 and the community which pays closest attention to these 

 points will find itself the town or city beautiful in the 

 full meaning of the phrase. To ignore them will cause 

 coming generations to wonder why so little heed was paid 

 to the simplest rules of tree planting. Proper location 

 with regard to the general appearance of the street or 

 road is as important as good conditions for growth. 

 On formal roads and city streets uniformity in species, size 

 and shape and regularity of arrangement are essential. 

 On country roads naturalistic planting is usually best. 

 Haphazard selection and placing should be avoided, for 

 with it comes a mixture that is usually undesirable and 

 sometimes fantastic a hodgepodge of trees which defeats 

 the efforts at beauty and attractiveness. 



Tree location covers a wide range of possibilities. 

 The most restricted and least frequent way is growing 

 them in large tubs or boxes. Between this and the 

 informality of country roads or the formal planting of wide 

 parkways or boulevards are many possibilities, and careful 

 study of these will do much to aid in making an appro- 

 priate selection for any location. 



Plans for the arrangement of trees along a street or 

 roadway may be divided into six general classes, suited to 

 various conditions. 



(i) The Two-row Type of Sidewalk Planting. A 

 row of trees along each side of the street is so natural and 



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