warden to see that the trees are protected and given full opportunity 

 for healthful and beautiful growth, but he should remember, at the 

 same time, that the corporation should have a fair opportunity to 

 carry on its business. This raises some delicate questions. The 

 location of poles and running of wires on roads and streets lined 

 with shade trees, without serious injury to the trees, often involves 

 careful and intelligent study. It will generally be found possible to 

 meet the conditions in a fairly satisfactory manner. If properly ap- 

 proached the companies will usually meet reasonable requirements 

 without opposition. In case of trouble with linemen or foremen it 

 is best to make a temperate statement of the case to the most acces- 

 sible official of the company, when satisfactory orders to the men 

 will usually be forthcoming. It should be borne in mind that the 

 men at the heads of these companies are good citizens, law-abiding, 

 and with an interest in maintaining the beauty of the state. Some- 

 times they are unwisely approached as public enemies. 



The tree warden has no jurisdiction over trees on private land, 

 but if such trees grow beyond the boundary of such private land 

 and the branches interfere with any public use, that part which pro- 

 jects into the public way may be treated by the warden as if it were 

 a public shade tree. Conversely, if a public shade tree projects 

 over private property, so that it becomes a nuisance, as when the 

 branches interfere with the windows of a house, the property owner 

 may cut such limbs as overhang his line if the tree warden declines 

 to do so.' 



Tree wardens and owners of trees may obtain advice and assist- 

 ance through the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station at 

 Amherst and the Massachusetts Forestry Association, No. 4 Joy St., 

 Boston. The State Forester, at the State House in Boston, deals 

 with all questions relating to trees in larger growths, as woodlots and 

 forests. The bulletin of the Massachusetts Forestry Association, 

 Woodland and Roadside, is published nine times a year, and is sent 

 to every tree warden. It gives information as to methods of work, 

 legislation in the state, legal cases involving tree law and other mat- 

 ters which the wardens should know. 



' Holmes case (Lexington), decided by Judge Bond in the Superior Court, Oct. i, 1907, 

 an appeal from the District Court, Concord. 



