When indications point to the commencement of building 
operations and the liability of injury to growing trees, the fol- 
lowing letter is sent to both the owner of the property and to 
the contractor: 
COMMISSION ON BEAUTIFYING THE CITY 
ARMORY BUILDING ALBERT R. TURNBULL, PRESIDENT 
5 MONTICELLO AVENUE RALPH S. GALE 
NORFOLK, VA, Je IREDELL JENKINS 
JOHN J. PITT 
WM. B. ROPER 
H. N CASTLE, SECT’Y. & FORESTER 
Contractor! Spare that tree; 
Touch not a single bough, 
Protect it, root and branch, 
And the guard that shields it now. 
°o 
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