32 DAVET'S PRIMER 



Do you see anything wrong with the tree in this 

 photograph ? 



"It looks 'forked.' " 



Well said, Claude ; you must have been studying 

 on our tree troubles. There is, however, another grave 

 objection to this tree. It is situated on Clifton Boule- 

 vard, Cleveland, O., which is a lovely street, with a 

 spacious drive in the center, and a street car track on 

 either side, and a row of young trees. If these trees 

 were of such a character that they could be properly 

 trained, some time in the future this would have been 

 the grandest of street scenes. Imagine miles of the 

 most excellent drive overarched with lovely trees, 

 hanging gracefully away bevond the trolley cars on 

 the opposite sides ! But here is a gnarly, scrawny little 

 elm with four main branches, and the "Leader" de- 

 stroyed! There are hundreds of trees in the two rows 

 on this beautiful street no better than this one. Do 

 you wonder that the thinking, educated and business- 

 people of our " Go-a-head " Cleveland are waking up 

 and feeling indignant at this unwise tree planting? 

 All over the country similar blunders have been made. 

 But don't become discouraged, children ; for, from 

 Maine to California, a great movement is arising, and 

 as soon as you children learn what to do, AND DO 

 IT, we will have the remedy. 



Street planting in almost every town or city has 

 been done without any particular system. Usually, 

 the planting is "let" by contract, and the planters 



