This Department reserves the right to decide upon the species 

 of trees to be planted in any street, it being the desire of the De- 

 partment to make the planting uniform, planting Linden trees in 

 streets where there are already Linden, Norway Maples in streets 

 where there are already Norway Maples, etc. 



Those who desire to have this Department furnish and plant 

 trees for them, at a cost of $12.00 each, as herein explained, should 

 address their applications to 



Commissioner of Parks, 



Borough of The Bronx, 

 Claremont Park, 

 The Bronx, 



and should send with their applications post office money orders or 

 checks for the proper amount, made payable to the "Commissioner 

 of Parks, The Bronx." 



This is the time for planting, and I earnestly hope that a large 

 number of our citizens will take advantage of this opportunity to 

 help beautify our streets. 



Thomas W. Whittle, 

 Commissioner of Parks, 

 Borough of The Bronx. 



As soon as I became Park Commissioner for The Bronx, I be- 

 gan a systematic study of ways and means by which I might make 

 this Department serve the people in The Bronx more definitely and 

 surely than it ever had done before. 



I soon realized that one of the most effective ways in which to 

 make the Park Department serve the people was to find some way 

 in which the Department could furnish and plant the proper kinds 

 of trees in the streets of the borough, in front of the property of 

 citizens, at the least possible cost, for a survey of the matter showed 

 me that, while there are about five hundred miles of city streets 

 in the Borough of The Bronx, there are approximately only 27,000 

 street trees. 



For the reason that funds are not appropriated to this Depart- 

 ment for the purpose, it cannot furnish and plant street trees ; how- 

 ever, permission for the planting of trees in the streets of the bor- 

 ough must be obtained from this Department, and after they are 

 planted, the Department is charged with the duty of taking care 

 of the street trees. 



I have felt that, if this Department could furnish and plant 

 trees for a nominal sum, and thus encourage property owners to 



