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dfciduous trees do fairly well in cities or tcnvns because 

 they renew all their leaves (the breathing and digesting 

 apparatus) every year, and are entirely dormant during 

 the winter months, when the gas and soot of factories is 

 augmented by countless numbers of fires used for heating 

 purposes. 



All cities have come to realize, however, that the 

 attractiveness attained by the planting of trees and 

 shrubs is not only a valuable asset, but also that these 

 plants are an absolute necessity for the well-being of its 

 citizens, and efforts along these lines are being made 

 quite universally throughout the State. Such plantings 

 are naturally divided into two classes, the streets and 

 parks. Street planting, especially on business thorough- 

 fares, is very often disappointing; in some cases it should 

 never be attempted, and in others only after special 

 preparation. The air-tight pavements and consequent 

 unfit soil and lack of moisture, and the absence of room 

 for expansion, are all against such planting, but any 

 street having a sidewalk fifteen feet or more wide, or 

 whose total width is above sixty feet from building to 

 building, may well and ought to be planted to trees. 



The question as to the most desirable street tree 



