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healthy trees under conditions presented by 

 the small city lot ; usually there is a surplus of 

 shade in one direction or a surplus of sun in 

 another, protection from one side and lack of 

 protection from the other, and all these things 

 tend to make a tree more or less one-sided in 

 its growth — a blemish which mars the appear- 

 ance of the tree and discounts to a great de- 

 gree its value as an ornament. If there be any 

 doubt of the truth of this statement compare 

 the tree grown in the city with the field-grown 

 specimen where conditions are not unbalanced 

 and where the growth is unhampered and un- 

 impeded. 



BORDERING PARKS 



If provision were made on all city streets 

 for bordering parks wide enough to accommo- 

 date trees, not only would it be unnecessary to 

 plant them within the limits of yards, but the 

 general effect obtained would be better. 

 Sometime it will be more commonly recognized 

 that in residence sections of our larger cities, 

 width of roadway may be often reduced with- 

 out loss to gain additional width to the street 

 parks. In far too many instances, we fancy 

 that we must have great width from curb to 



