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but twelve trees: two umbrellas, four chamagrops palms and six elms. 

 Another characteristic lot runs like this: four grevilleas, two walnuts, 

 six lindens, vacant lot, two big-leaf maple, and four lindens. While 

 across the street are two silver maples, two horse chestnuts, two elms, 

 six blanks, four hawthornes and two elms. Imagine, if you can, any 

 symmetry or satisfaction in this young nursery. Here we have variety 

 with a vengeance, but no trace of unity or coherence. 



If we were to analyze the conditions on that block, we should find that 

 there we have the following state of affairs : 



1. One evergreen against six deciduous species. 



2. Four implanted lots, offering at least four chances for new species 

 and times of planting. 



3. Two short lived species against five medium and long. 



4. One globular dwarf; four medium globular; one urn-shaped; and 

 two straggling. 



5. Six individual cases are such poor nursery stock they can never 

 mature. 



6. Four individuals are nearly always disfigured with fungus and 

 four are a constant source of litter. 



Are these reasons not sufficient to warrant one's saying that twenty- 

 odd most estimable property holders had best resign their woes to one, 

 who knows what he is about ? As it happened both these cases are from 

 one town, but they can be duplicated everywhere. 



It is to make impossible the repetition of such work, to encourage new 

 efforts and to stimulate popular interest along more rational lines that 

 this bulletin has been prepared. It has been our aim, throughout the 

 entire study to gather information of actual work, which has been com- 

 pleted long enough to have borne the test of time, and to secure photo- 

 graphs which shall illustrate these points beyond all question. 



