Avenue of Oaks 
Good Trees and Bad Trees 
(This article was wrillen hy Major Orlando Jay Smilh. In November, 1908) 
MEN know that there are good furnishings and bad 
furnishings, good horses and bad horses ; but they do 
not seem to understand so well that there are good 
trees and bad trees. As there are furnishings unfit for a re- 
spectable establishment, so there are trees that are not worth the 
planting. A very large proportion of the trees sold are of this 
poor kind. First-class trees are few, inferior trees are many. 
Bad trees are usually crooked, forked or poorly rooted. 
Defective roots and branches generally result from crowding. 
Trees are planted so closely together in many nurseries that 
there is not sufficient room for the lateral development of roots 
and branches. The tree so grown is a slender "switch" of 
stunted appearance, faded foliage and poor vitality. 
A forked tree is one that separates in two or more branches, 
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