18 College of Forestry 



In any sizable city successful street tree growth is a diffi- 

 cult matter, and one demanding the expenditure of money 

 and the advice of experts. In New York the growing of 

 street trees is much more difficult and more costly than in 

 most cities and so far it has been correspondingly less suc- 

 cessful. 



To secure again on the Island of Manhattan the tree 

 shaded thoroughfares once among the city's most cherished 

 possessions and now so rapidly passing away, is still possible. 

 To accomplish this but three things are necessary : money, 

 knowledge and a definite and comprehensive scheme or pro- 

 gram. The first should be secured without difficulty, the 

 second is made possible by the first, and this rather brief and 

 far from perfect report will endeavor to suggest the third. 



