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Landscape Extension Service of the College, was assigned 

 and worked during the summer of 1914 upon a series of in- 

 vestigations of typical streets to show just what the condi- 

 tion of street trees was at that time with the idea that a 

 knowledge of these conditions would lead people to appre- 

 ciate very forcefully the necessity for more and better trees 

 in New York City. Soon after the close of the season a bul- 

 letin was prepared by Professor Francis which was issued as 

 Series XV, No. lc, by The New York State College of For- 

 estry and entitled " Report on the Street Trees of the City 

 of New York." Copy of this report may be had upon appli- 

 cation to the College. 



In the spring of 1915, the President of the Park Board of 

 New York City, Hon. Cabot Ward, who had followed with 

 interest the investigations of Professor Francis, requested 

 the State College of Forestry at Syracuse to detail one of 

 its men for another season with the idea that the investi- 

 gations of 1914 could be applied to somewhat more definite 

 problems of caring for street trees and evolving a suggestive 

 system of street planting and culture for the entire city. 



Professor Francis having been assigned by the College 

 to spend the season with the Massachusetts Forestry Asso- 

 ciation in carrying out field work on the 300-mile highway 

 from Boston to the New York line and back through Cam- 

 bridge to Boston, Professor Laurie D. Cox, a graduate land- 

 scape architect, was assigned for the work under Mr. Cabot 

 Ward. 



At the close of the summer of administrative and investi- 

 gative work in the park department, Professor Cox submit- 

 ted the following report which received from the President 

 of the Park Board highly complimentary notice. As the Col- 

 lege felt that it would be desirable to publish the report by 

 Professor Cox that it might serve as an illustration of a 

 scheme of tree planting for American cities, Mr. Cabot Ward 

 very gladly released the report for publication and distribu- 

 tion by the College. 



The College of Forestry feels that the work of Professor 

 Francis and Professor Cox in New York Citv is in line with 



