SELECTION, PLANTING AND CARE. 



G. E. STONE. 



SUITABLE TREES FOR STREETS AND ROADSIDES. 



As a rule, those trees should be planted which are known to thrive 

 well in the particular environment under consideration. Because a 

 tree does not grow naturally in one locality is no evidence that it 

 will not thrive in some other, and it is well known that the species- 

 of tree peculiar to wet places will grow in those inclined to be dry, 

 but there is a limit to the adaptability of trees as regards their best 

 growth, which should be taken into consideration. The nature of 

 soils and other considerations, therefore, enter very largely into the 

 problem of selection and planting of shade trees. 



The following list* is taken from the report of Mr, W. F. Fox, 

 Superintendent of State Forests, New York. It should be stated 

 that there is considerable difference of opinion in regard to 

 what are the best trees to plant ; moreover, some of these trees 

 might thrive in one location and in another be entire failures. Per- 

 fection is no more common to trees than to the human race, and 

 since all trees have their defects the important question is to find 

 those possessing the least. Some of the trees given in this list are 

 not especially suited to Massachusetts, although in other states they 

 would prove to be of value as street trees : 



WIDE STREETS. 



American or White Elm. 

 Hard or Sugar Maple. 

 Tulip Tree. 

 Bassvvood (Linden). 

 Horse Chestnut. 

 Sweet Gum. 

 Sycamore. 

 White Ash. 

 Scarlet Oak. 

 Red Oak. 

 Wliite Oak. 

 Honey Locust. 

 American Chestnut. 



* Seventh Report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New 

 York, 1903. 



NARROW STREETS. 



Norway Maple. 



White or Silver Maple. 



Red Maple. 



Ailanthus. 



Cucumber Tree. 



Ginkgo. 



Bay Willow. 



Pin Oak. 



Red Flowering Horse Chestnut. 



Black or Yellow Locust. 



Hackberry. 



Hardy Catalpa (speciosa). 



Lombardy Poplar. 



