A PLEA FOR TREES IN TOWNS. 955 
state of things amounts to in the main. And— 
apart from the fact that we do not appropriately 
and wisely mix Trees with houses—we have not 
nearly Trees and shrubs enough, even if we include 
in our calculation all our parks, squares, and 
gardens. 
Evidence has, happily, been recently furnished 
of a desire on the part of the local authorities of the 
metropolis and some other towns to beautify some 
of the larger thoroughfares with Trees. But the 
suggestions—made in each case by individuals— 
although in the main favourably entertained by 
the local authorities in question, have rarely had in 
view, apparently, the thorough and systematic 
ornamentation of the respective districts. They 
have merely been put forward as ‘ experiments,’ 
to be limited presumably to the particular 
thoroughfares which it was proposed to plant with 
Trees. There is room, however, for a vast deve- 
lopment of the Tree-planting proposals. 
The little town which was referred to in the 
commencement of this chapter has suggested the 
idea that houses look much better when made 
closely familiar with Trees. All towns are not, it 
