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curb and no parks, whereas, it would profit us 

 a great deal more, so far as appearances are 

 concerned, to have less width between curbs 

 and more width in the border between sidewalk 

 and curb. If the latter policy were adopted, 

 by the judicious selection and planting of trees 



Tree that has- never been Trees ruined by ignorant 



pruned pruner 



(Pliotos. by Benjamin W. Douglass) 



on these bordering spaces, the entire street 

 would take upon itself an appearance impossi- 

 ble to obtain where everything is sacrificed to 

 roadway width. 



There is no prettier or more refreshing 

 sight than city streets bordered on both sides 

 by tall-growing and wide-spreading trees in 



