IV. Planting ®gp?a 



Steaign in &trrct (Stte Planting 



In any program or system of street planting it is unwise 

 to adopt any single type and attempt to repeat it on all 

 streets. Not only do variations in conditions make such a 

 scheme unscientific, but all interest and variety in the sys- 

 tem is lost, and in spite of the great beauty of individual 

 streets the general effect will become somewhat monotonous.* 

 This is especially true if we seek to form a unified and com- 

 prehensive system, to serve as inter-park connections, such 

 as we have suggested. 



It is of course impossible to secure a different type of 

 planting for each particular street, yet in the more impor- 

 tant cases this can be done or at least a single type can be so 

 varied by using different species of trees as to give a distinct 

 character to each of the more important individual streets 

 and avenues. A, few of the various types of planting design 

 which are possible and appropriate in Manhattan are illus- 

 trated by the accompanying sketches. These sketches in the 

 form of street sections show these suggested types of planting 

 as recommended for some of the more important thorough- 

 fares of our. proposed system. 



While the forms of planting which it is possible to secure 

 permit of great variation, there are several readily distin- 

 guished types which are particularly appropriate for Man- 

 hattan streets. 



I. The Normal Type. 



The simplest form of street tree planting is that in which 

 we have a single or double row of trees on one or both side- 



* Several American cities with excellent street tree planting suffer 

 from monotony due to uniformity of planting design and the use of the 

 same species of tree on the majority of the thoroughfares. 



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