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care of trees for streets and parks has been placed under the 

 supervision of an experienced official, who superintends the work 

 for the entire city. This method is bringing about much better 

 results, and is to be recommended wherever practicable. Every 

 city should take some action to encourage more uniformity in the 

 matter of planting trees. Trees for any given street should be 

 of the same variety, equally spaced, planted the same distance 

 from the sidewalk, pruned to the same height and kept in a 

 healthy condition. They should be free from the ravages of 

 horses' teeth, the old-time "tree primer," the merchant's sign 

 poster, and the telephone lineman the worst pests of street trees. 



A city with beautiful avenues, lined on either side with such 

 trees, possesses an asset of almost inestimable value, for it con- 

 tributes to the happiness and civic pride of all its people and 

 hence elevates the tide of life through an appreciation of the 

 beautiful. 



Trees for parks should represent all the varieties possible in 

 as nearly as practicable their natural forest habits. A native 

 wooded park is an asset which no city or town can afford to con- 

 sider lightly. One of the most delightful spots in all Texas is 

 to be found in beautiful Brackenridge Park of San Antonio. 

 This fine tract of native woodland, generously donated to that 

 city by Mr. George W. Brackenridge, will become a priceless 

 heritage as the years go by. If the wishes of the former philan- 

 thropic owner and lover of nature are observed, it will never be 

 defiled by ax or saw, but will remain forever to inspire in the 

 hearts of men a love and reverence for the passing things of 

 wild free nature; as they come down to us undefiled by the hand 

 of man. What better gift could be bestowed by any philan- 

 thropist than this, and what better precedent might be followed 

 by others. 



THE NAMES OF PLANTS 



Plants, like everything else, are given names by which they 

 may be designated. We recognize plants both by common and 

 scientific names. The common name of a plant is the name by 

 which it is known locally, and frequently differs in various sec- 

 tions of the country. The co-called Texas long leaf pine of East 

 Texas becomes the Georgia pine further east. In fact, this one 

 pine is known by as many as thirty' different common names in 



