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allowed to plant without permission and oversight, than they art allowed to cut 

 down street trees without permission — and either is a fatal error. 



3. Trees once planted should receive constant care throughout their lives. 

 This is invariably the price of a perfect avenue. Watering and pruning, when 

 not attended to by property owners, should be arranged for by the proper officials, 

 and the costs levied against the property. This would be only right and just 

 since the existence of a perfect avenue adds very materially to the value of all ad- 

 joining property, and the failure of one owner may not only spoil the effect of the 

 whole but in this way actually detract from the value of surrounding property. 



