PLANTING AND CARE OF TREES bl 



23. All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances heretofore ordained 

 which are inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. 



24. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately. 



The Newark Shade Tree Commission is invested by statute with 

 "exclusive and absolute control and power to plant, set out, main- 

 tain, protect and care for shade trees in any of the public highways 

 of the city of Xewark; and with exclusive control of the public 

 parks belonging to or under control of the city of Newark, or any 

 department in the government thereof, with full power and author- 

 ity to improve, repair, manage and control the same." 



PARKS AND PUBLIC SQUARES 



In the early stages of the development of most of the older cities 

 there was little expectation that such settlements would ever de- 

 velop into such enormous centers of population. Little attention, 

 therefore, was given to the matter of making provision for future 

 needs, and as a result some of the cities have suddenly realized the 

 need of parks and have expended vast sums of money in acquiring 

 land for this purpose. Some cities early realized the necessity for 

 setting aside large tracts of land for public use and others have 

 had lands donated or bequeathed to them with the stipulation that 

 they be used for parks or play-grounds. The smaller towns have 

 profited by the experience of the older cities and many of them 

 are making reservations for park purposes. There is, therefore, a 

 demand on the part of the smaller municipalities for information 

 relating to the selection and planting of trees for parks and pul)lic 

 squares. 



The Natural Type — In the making of parks the tendency at 

 the present time is to maintain or develop some natural landscape. 

 Most of the largest and best known parks of this country are of 

 the natural type. The designers of the large city parks have real- 

 ized the need of a large and secluded strolling ground. Only 

 the larger tracts of land are suited to the natural type of park. In 

 some instances, like Keney Park, Hartford; Mount Royal 

 Park, Montreal ; and many others, the native forest has been pre- 

 served. The making of a natural park from an existing forest 

 is a simple matter, consisting chiefly in the planning and construct- 

 ing of the walks and drives. Many of our large natural parks, 

 however, had in the beginning very little, if any, woodland, and 



