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GARDEN GUIDE 



For medium width streets (from sixty feet to eighty feet between 

 buildings), the trees should be spaced forty feet apart. The follow- 

 ing may be used : 

 ORIENTAL PLANE. An excellent street tree. It is of rather rapid growth ; 



stands smoke. 

 NORWAY MAPLE. A drought-resistant and smoke-enduring, symmetrical 



and tough tree. It is too low-headed for streets with wires. 

 MAIDENHAIR TREE, or GINK GO. When young, this tree is very erect, but 



when it becomes older, the head broadens out. 



For wide streets (over ninety feet between buildings), the trees 

 should be spaced fifty feet apart, and where possible they should be 

 planted on the lawn six feet inside the sidewalk line. This should be 

 agreed upon and carried out uniformly by all property owners on the 

 street. The following may be used: 



AMERICAN ELM. The 

 best of all street 

 trees when given 

 room, good air and 

 water. The tree 

 grows 80 to 100 

 feet tall. 



RED OAK. It cannot 

 grow in pavements, 

 but is very well 

 adapted to wide 

 suburban streets, 

 where it stands 

 poor and dry soil, 

 but does not thrive 

 in wet situations. 



SUGAR or HARD 

 MAPLE. An excel- 

 lent tree needing 

 moisture and suffer- 

 ing from heat, 

 smoke and dust. It 

 should only be used 

 on the wider streets. 



PLANTING TREES. 

 The best method of 

 ascertaining how to 

 plant a tree properly 

 is to observe the care- 

 fully prepared sket- 

 ches. More can be 

 seen in these pictures 

 than can be expressed 

 in words, The main 



A good garden composition. A free use is made of 

 Pine trees and conifers as well as deciduous subjects. 

 The arch of Roses, the airy summerhouse, the 

 flower-fringed water pool and other features here are 

 well placed and excellent 



