GENERAL SUGGESTIONS FOR STREET PLANTING. 



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Slender trees, especially evergreens, should be firmly tied by means of 

 leather thongs to stakes deeply driven into the ground. If it is necessary 

 to protect the tree from animals or there is danger from sun scald, the tree 

 should be boxed as is described on page 21. The necessary pruning of the 

 tree should be done before it is planted. It should be examined several 

 times during the first season to determine whether the specimen is suffer- 

 ing from drought, whether the stake support or guard is secure, whether 

 there is rubbing of the fastenings, and whether there are present any 

 insects like scales, which are very injurioiis. The subsequent health and 

 vigor of the tree will amply repay such care bestowed upon it for the first 

 few years after planting. 



GENEEAL SUGGESTIONS FOE STEEET PLANTING. 



In selecting trees for street planting the following points should be 

 considered : 



Width of walks and width of street. 

 Size of tree and shape of crown. 



Ability to stand pruning where the tree cannot be permitted to attain 

 full size. 



Age the tree attains under the local conditions. 



Freedom from disease; objectionable insects; fruit, either large or 

 stony or attractive to birds ; dropping of tAvigs ; objectionable odors. 

 Suitability of tree to the local conditions of 



Drainage or water supply. 



Depth and quality of soil. 



Available root area, space and shape of root system. 

 Smoke and chemical gasses from reduction plants, fertilizer fac- 

 tories, etc. 



Date of leafing, of defoliation and winter habit. 



Ornamental characters, flowers, color of autumn foliage. 



The following trees are selected as being the most desirable for general 

 street planting in towns and cities of North Carolina. When a tree is 

 suited for only one or two sections of the State, the section or sections for 

 which it is adapted are indicated by E. for eastern, M. for middle, and W. 

 for the western portion ; otherwise it may be considered as adapted to any 

 part of the State. Trees having very large nuts, pulpy or juicy fruit or 

 very objectionable qualities, have been excluded from this list, but will 

 be found in the general list of shade trees. On account of the superiority 

 of the trees in this list over other trees suitable for planting in this 

 State, they will be referred to as standard shade trees. 



