ROADSIDE PLANTING AS A MEMORIAL TO OUR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 867 



use of motor vehicles a demand for a roadway of not 

 less than thirty feet wide will be made. All planting 

 work to be considered should be done so as to allow a 

 pavement of this minimum width on all main highways 

 and where the present roadway is not sufficiently wide 

 to permit of any planting, immediate steps should be 

 taken to secure additional land to be placed under the 

 control of the State Highway Commission. 



In many ways the maintenance of the tree planting 

 is of greater importance than that of the planting itself. 

 Ample provision should be made for the control of insect 

 attack so prevalent in many sections of our most beau- 

 tiful countryside, whether such work be under the con- 

 trol of the State, County, or Municipality. The matter 

 of pruning and thinning of such planting should be amply 

 provided for especially where the wire obstacle is at all 

 serious so that 

 when necessary 

 c u 1 1 i ngs are 

 made they may 

 be done under 

 the direct su- 

 pervision of a 

 trained forest- 

 er rather than 

 by the usual ax 

 and saw of the 

 lineman whose 

 only interest is 

 in the question 

 of good wiring. 



We are most 

 fort unate in 

 the wide range 

 of planting 

 material from 

 which to select 

 for general 

 roadside plant- 

 ing. It is usually found that no such limitations as are 

 found in practically every city, town, or village, in the 

 way of narrow streets and of buildings in close proximity 

 to the street, need come into consideration in selecting our 

 planting stock. The American Elm and the Sugar Maple 

 have been planted through the Eastern part of the country 

 greatly in excess of other varieties and where the Elm 

 Leaf Beetle and other insects attacking the elm are not 

 found, the continued use of this variety is recommended 

 along the wider highways, for no other tree can add more 

 to the dignity and charm of the roadside than this 

 variety. The Norway Maple can and should be sub- 

 stituted for the Sugar Maple where the Maple Borer is 

 present in any one region, as this does not attack the 

 Norway variety. This tree grows into very symmetrical 

 form and is coming into universal favor for both road- 



A SHADY SPOT 



Shade cast upon the roadside during hot summer day 



making the highway 



side and town planting. In many respects the Oriental 

 Plane is worthy of greater use where the winter con- 

 ditions allow this variety to be planted. Various species 

 of Walnut and Hickory are also recommended. In 

 fact, many varieties of trees can be enumerated as being 

 well adapted for roadside planting, though aside from 

 the varieties mentioned above, those which should be 

 brought into greater prominence are the Scarlet Oak, 

 Pin Oak, White Ash, Horse Chestnut, Willows in variety, 

 Hackberry, and Dogwood. For the secondary or shrub 

 plantings it will be found in most cases that large masses 

 of native material is desirable. If each state in making 

 such plantings might be held in its selection to plants 

 indigenous to its own particular locality, the effect would 

 be most delightful and such plantations should grow 

 luxuriantly under a favorable environment. Such shrubs 



as the Grey 

 Dogwood, the 

 Viburnums i n 

 variety, High- 

 bush Huckle- 

 berry, E 1 d ers 

 and Alders are 

 typical of the 

 native material 

 found along 

 many of the 

 Eastern high- 

 ways aside 

 from the states 

 so fort unate 

 as to include 

 in their list 

 the c h a rming 

 Mountain 

 Laurel. The 

 native roses 

 are also highly 

 desirable for 

 large mass plantings and their effect upon the roadside 

 during the early spring is most pleasing. 



That we have neglected the use of the conifers, espe- 

 cially the pine and spruces, in our roadside work is known 

 to us all. Now that such plantings are to be carried out 

 and demonstration plantings are being made which will, 

 in a sense, serve as model plantings, we should most cer- 

 tainly include the conifers whenever possible and practical 

 in our planting list. Long rows of pines along the 

 roadside growing luxuriantly and perfectly at home in 

 their surrounding have much to recommend themselves 

 for greater use. A most delightful contrast is also 

 secured by mixing the decidious trees and shrubs with 

 the conifers, thereby adding to the general effect of 

 the roadside either in summer or in winter a warmth 

 and charm pleasing to all. 



i when travel is extremely heavy, aids greatly in 

 more durable. 



The Welfare Committee for Lumbermen and Foresters in War Service has been notified of the arrival at 

 Hoboken, February 12th, on the U. S. S. North Carolina, of the 12th Battalion, 20th Engineers (Forest). 

 Also the 32nd Company, 11th Battalion, 18 officers and 850 men. They will remain at Camp Mills several days 

 prior to their demobilization. These battalions were formerly of the 1st and 2nd Companies, 10th Engineers 

 (Forest). 



