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Trees for Parks, Pasture Land, etc Scenic effects should 

 here be studied in combination with the practical purposes of 

 shade-trees. Those of bold appearance, with striking foliage and 

 drooping branches, will produce an imposing effect and, at the same 

 time, improve the conditions of pasture, their shade encouraging 

 the growth of soft, tender herbage. 



Shade Trees for Field Crops. That suitable shade-trees, 

 thinly planted and properly attended to, have beneficial effects, 

 physically or chemically, upon most crops in the tropics is an 

 established fact. They help to conserve moisture, aerate the soil 



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by means of their deep-feeding roots, which bring plant-food from 

 the under-strata to be returned again in the form of mulch by the 

 fallen leaves. Leguminous trees are preferable for various reasons, 

 viz: (1) They are usually fast-growers, (2) their thin feathery 

 foliage does not form too dense a shade, (3) their leaves have often 

 the habit of closing up at night, and (4) many of the family have 

 the property of collecting free nitrogen by means of bacteria 

 nodules on their rootlets. 



Trees for Road-sides, Streets, etc. Trees of the type with 

 upright or horizontally spreading branches should be chosen for 



