Planning for Slnct Trees 



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tell the minilier ami species of trees in the 

 city, and you have the information for any 

 future j>lanti!i<j or even for starting a muni- 

 cipal nursery. Boy Scouts or hifjh school 

 lioys can be interested in the outside work; 

 they save a lot of steps in pacing, and you 

 will he surprised to see how <|uickly a hun 

 dred miles of streets will he listed. 



3. Get a woman's club to solicit each 

 house on one or two of the newer and better 

 streets for the wholesale cost of planting, 

 you to take charge of the planting. Any 

 mirsery will quote you better prices than if 

 they had to deal with each jiroperty owner. 



In any case planting is the keynote of 

 your work. It means most in after results; 

 it is inexpensive as compared with remov- 

 ing old trees; it attracts public interest. 



Climate varies so in different sections of 

 <'anada that local trees should be examined, 

 and advice secured from the nearest agricid- 

 tural experimental station in selecting kinds 

 to plant. Evergreens are not desirable for 

 street use. Our New Haven list — American 

 and English elms, sugar, red and Norway 

 maples, plane (European sycamore), bass- 

 wood, the European lindens, and red and 

 pin oaks — seems to do well at Niagara Falls, 

 and should apply to Southern Ontario and 

 Western Coast cities. Further inland, or 

 north, the list must be cut down to the 

 maples and elms and such trees as thrive 

 locally. The list given out from Indian 

 Head for farm planting, and headed by box 

 elder (Manitoba maple) and balsam poplar, 

 should do well in j)rairie cities, but remem- 

 l>er that street trees have not the protection 

 of tho^e in a grove, and some provsion must 

 be made for watering and mulching. I favor 

 strongly the top mulch of .strawy material 

 in all planting, and wonder at not seeing 

 it used instead of the dust midch in prairie 

 tree planting, where straw is so plentiful, 

 and time is so scarce in the cultivating sea- 

 son. 



Some of the mistakes liable to be made 

 are too close spacing, trying to plant too 

 large trees, and using fast growing .species 

 at the expense of quality. As to spacing 

 forty feet apart will allow alternate light 

 and shade on the street, and it is not prac- 

 ticable to plant closer with the idea of tak- 

 ing out half the trees later on. In regard 

 to size, trees two in<hes in diameter and 

 12 feet high, if given good soil, six foot wire 

 guards and watereil frequently during the 

 first two year>. will be the most satisfactory 

 in the end. 



Mr. George Bury, Newly Appointed Vice- 

 President of the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway. 



With the beginning of 191." Mr. George 

 Bury, formerly N'ice-President and General 

 Manager of Western Lines of the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway, with headquarters at Win- 

 nipeg, became Vice-President of the system 

 with headquarters at Montreal. Mr. Bury 

 as one of the executive heads of the C.P.R.. 

 has naturally had much to do with forest 

 fire protection along the line. At the Win- 

 nipeg Convention of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association, Mr. Bury read a paper on 'The 

 Railway and Forest Protection". Mr. Bury 

 succeeds Mr. David .MiNicoll, who retires 

 because of ill-health. 



IHIi DESTRLCTIVi: MATCH. 



r. A. Lund, Sarkvill,, X.B. 



A \alued forest, long and wide, 

 .\<lorned the sloping mountain's side: 

 A smoker's burning match was thrown. 

 And by the breezes fanned and blown. 

 Till all that splenditl forest green 

 A worthless waste may now be seen. 



Contrary to i>opular belief, forest fires 

 seldom travel more than two or three miles 

 an hour. Even in extreme cases it is ques- 

 tionable whether they burn at a rate of 

 more than six to ten miles an hour. 



The Diana Paper Company, of Water- 

 town. New York, has jdanted 150,000 

 spruce seedlings on its property in the 

 Ailirondacks. The company ha,s estab- 

 lished its own nurseries and will continue 

 planting at an accellerated rate from now 

 forward. 



