& TREE PLANTING AND PROTECTION 



the block, the other trees five feet from the same line. 



"While planting trees on our streets, it is important to 

 bear in mind that it is done mainly for ornament. 



"We do not require much shade and should avoid dense 

 foliage. Each tree should have ample space in which to 

 mature to its full beauty. 



"It is earnestly recommended that on planting day, trees 

 already planted and requiring it be properly trimmed, and 

 that on vacant lots rubbish be collected and burned, or 

 removed." 



Suitable trees for high ground near the sea are: Acacia 

 melonoxylon (Blackwood acacia), Acacia floribunda, Jaca- 

 randa mimoscefolia, Ligustrum japonica, Prunus integrifolia 

 (California Coast cherry), Cocos plumosa, the cork oak 

 (which needs deep soil), Cerelonia siliqua ("St. John's 

 bread") Eucalyptus sideroxylon ("pink-flowering") Euca- 

 lyptus cornycalyx ("sugar gum"), Schinus molle (the pep- 

 per) . The last three are for wide sidewalks only. 



Frequently we see great damage done to walks or paved 

 streets by the roots of trees planted along the curb. In mak- 

 ing recommendations for street planting I have invariably 

 named trees that were comparatively free from this fault, or 

 trees that would bear a certain amount of "root-training." 



It is well known that the Japanese have put to practice 

 for generations this theory of "root-training," as witness their 

 tiny dwarf trees, beautiful in their eyes, which, though hun- 

 dreds of years old, are only a few feet in height and of pecu- 

 liar shapes brought about by a scientific pinching back and 



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