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healthy vigor, in mature strength, far-reaching 

 in spread of foliage and with leaves and limbs 

 free from pest and disease*. Residences are 

 sufficiently shaded, the streets themselves be- 

 come leafy archways and those who live there- 

 on as well as those who use them as high- 

 ways can not fail to mark the beautiful aspect 

 they present. 



If, on the other hand, we thrust our side- 

 walks against the curb, widening the road- 

 way until the last available inch has been 

 seized upon, and abolish the bordering park, 

 we have converted a street into a mere thor- 

 oughfare for traffic and have robbed it of all 

 the ornamental possibilities it might otherwise 

 possess. Or, if we crowd the sidewalk out and 

 the street curbing in until we have left a bor- 

 der only two or three feet in width, our only 

 gain is something which is practically value- 

 less. Under such conditions it is difficult to 

 establish even a fair growth of grass. It 

 would be better to carry the crowding process 

 to its extreme and rid ourselves completely of 

 this strip of grass. But, where it is possible 

 to have street parks of fair width, either at the 

 sides or in the middle of the street, trees should 

 be planted and every effort should be made to 



