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SHADE-TREES IN TOWNS AND CITIES 



reasons that in the great majority of cases the plan of plant- 

 ing shade-trees along the strip between the sidewalk and 

 the curb is followed. The sidewalk and the roadway get 



Fig. 10. — ^The disposition of trees at street intersections. 



their fair share of shade and the trees are not too close to 

 the houses. 



When sidewalks are placed next to the roadway, pedes- 

 trians are more likely to become spattered with dust and 

 mud than when protected by an intervening space. The 

 effect of a walk separated from the roadway by trees, which 



