PARK AND CEMETERY . 
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just now a good word to conjure with. 
This would seem to be the real ex- 
planation of its use in the sense above 
referred to rather than through any 
logical association of ideas. 
We will all agree with your main 
proposition that every city and town 
should intelligently direct and control 
its tree planting work, but surely this 
officer should not be called a “Forester.” 
Would not the term “Tree Warden” be 
more appropriate? 
Ames, la. A. T. Erwin. 
STREET TREE LAWS 
{Continued from page 157) 
three members., especially selected for 
the purpose, to adopt a comprehen- 
sive plan for the tree planting im- 
provements of the entire city. As 
competent men are usually selected, 
what is done is well and permanently 
done; and the costly and unsatisfac- 
tory experiment of changing a four- 
row line of planting back to a double 
row plan long after the trees have 
become of size and thoroughly es- 
tablished, as is now the bone of con- 
tention at “The Hub,” is avoided. 
When will our rapidly growing 
American cities come to a realization 
of the opportunities lost from not pro- 
viding for an efficient method of deal- 
ing with all these important matters, 
affecting civic progress? 
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Why Most Tree Repairing Fails 
Take the matter of cementing up the cavi- 
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