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should be carried on by improvement associations 

 formed to control either a street, precinct, ward or 

 town. Better still would it be if the city or town 

 controlled all street planting. First outline a plan 

 on which people of diverse tastes and interests can 

 either agree or effect a compromise. This will not 

 be found impossible, for the majority of people de- 

 sire that their neighborhood shall be attractive and 

 will yield in order to obtain desirable results. We 

 must sacrifice some things in order to get others of 

 different tastes to cooperate with us. After a thor- 

 ough discussion of the merits of the different trees 

 desired, put the selection of one for each street to 

 a vote and let the majority rule, not forgetting that 

 this is a matter which more concerns the general 

 public than the individual. Furthermore, it is not 

 so essential to have some specific tree as it is that 

 but one kind be planted to each block or street. 



TREES FOR STREET AND GARDEN 



The following lists are very general and include 

 nearly all those suitable for street planting in Cali- 

 fornia. Of course all are equally desirable for park 

 or garden. A few of them thrive in all sections, 

 many of them quite generally throughout the south 

 end of the state and the San Francisco-Oakland dis- 

 trict, and a few in restricted districts only. In 

 planting a considerable number of species a thor- 

 ough knowledge of trees and of local conditions and 

 requirements is necessary, especially in choosing a 

 list for planting, if assurance is to be given of good 

 permanent results. 



ASSORTED EVERGREENS 



Acacia cyanophylla, blue-leaved wattle; A. deal- 

 bata, silver wattle; A. decurrens, green wattle; A. 



