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the wood for commercial products 
and burning the refuse; or (b) by 
utilizing the wood of the trunks and 
branches for fuel; or (c) by placing 
the logs in water and burning the 
branches and tops; or (d) by re- 
moving the infected bark from the 
trunks or logs and burning it with the 
branches or as fuel. 
So far as combating the beetle is 
concerned it is unnecessary and a 
waste of time to dispose of trees or 
branches which have been dead 12 
months or more, because the broods 
of the • destructive beetle are not to 
be found in such trees. 
Spraying the tops or branches or 
the application of any substance as a 
preventive is not to be recommended. 
Nothing will save a tree after the 
main trunk is attacked by large num- 
bers of this beetle or after the bark 
and foliage begin to die. 
The injuries to the twigs by this 
beetle do not require treatment. 
The bark and wood of dying and 
dead trees are almost invariably in- 
fested with many kinds of bark and 
Watering Street Trees 
How can you get street trees suffi- 
ciently watered? C. B., N. J. 
The only satisfactory method of wa- 
tering trees in the ordinary park ways 
of our American cities, is by under- 
ground tiling, using perforated tiles 
where the tiling comes in close contact 
with the roots. Surface watering is 
not satisfactory, unless the parkway is 
very broad and depressed, so that wa- 
ter cannot run off. Most of the trees 
in the West Park System of Chicago 
are .watered by having a street sprink- 
ler made with a sprayer on one side 
only so that it can spray the parkway 
by following close to the curb. How- 
ever, I do not consider this sufficient 
for the trees, but it keeps the lawn 
green. On a section of Jackson Boule- 
vard, I installed an underground wa- 
tering system some years ago, and I 
think this is the only way by which the 
trees can get sufficient water. Of 
course, by making out shaped depres- 
sions around the trees there would be 
less chance of the water running off 
into the gutter, but such a method 
makes the parking look unsightly. 
Jens Jensen, 
Chicago. Landscape Architect. 
wood-boring insects which can do no 
harm to living trees. Therefore all 
efforts should be concentrated on the 
disposal of the broods of the hickory 
bark beetle, according to the above 
recommendations. 
In order to insure the protection of 
the remaining living trees it is very 
important that at least a large ma- 
jority of the dead infested and par- 
tially dead infested trees found with- 
in an entire community of several 
square miles be disposed of within a 
single season to kill the broods of 
this beetle. Therefore there should 
be concerted action by all owners of 
hickory trees. 
On account of the value of the 
hickory for shade and nuts and for 
many commercial wood products it 
is important that the people of a com- 
munity, county or state who are in 
any manner interested in the protec- 
tion of this class of trees, should give 
encouragement and support to any 
concerted or co-operative effort on 
the part of the owners towards the 
control of the hickory bark beetle. 
During my incumbency of this office 
(the past 27 years) there has not been 
five hundred dollars expended in water- 
ing young trees, this office relying more 
on frequent cultivation of the ground 
about them. Watering is only resort- 
ed to in e.xtremely dry weather, or on 
special occasions when it may be 
deemed necessary for the life of indi- 
vidual trees. Another reason why we 
have not watered trees extensively is 
the lack of funds, as it would be a very 
costly item to water several times in a 
season the 99,000 trees on our streets. 
Trueman Lanham, 
Supt. of Trees and Parking. 
Washington, D. C. 
Relative to the watering of trees on 
the streets of Brooklyn, I beg to state 
that it has been our policy to water the 
young trees planted on our parkways 
at least once a week during the sum- 
mer months. The ordinary sprinkler 
was employed in hauling the water 
from tree to tree and a pail was used 
in getting the water from the tank to 
the tree. 
J. J. Levison, 
Park Dept, of Aboriculturist. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
The Park Department has nothing to 
do with the street trees of Hartford. 
They are under the care of the Street 
Department. In some of the small 
squares adjacent to the streets I have 
watered plants and trees by preparing 
the ground ready for them and run- 
ning the tank wagon early in the morn- 
ing, allowing enough water for each 
plant or tree. 
G. A. Parker. 
Hartford, Conn. Supt. of Parks. 
Practical Men for the Parks 
Has the Association of Park Super- 
intendents ever canvassed the vari- 
ous park departments in cities of the 
Union as to whether practical men 
are employed at the head of park 
systems? This association might do 
a lot of good if it would lay such 
question before the mayors of cities, 
stating its importance. I believe 
this association could do a lot of good 
in getting rid of politicians. — E. H. 
B., N. Y. 
The question as to whether the 
American Association of Park Su- 
perintendents has ever canvassed the 
various park departments of Ameri- 
can cities to find out whether the 
heads of such departments were prac- 
tical men or not, can undoubtedly be 
answered by the secretary of the as- 
sociation. 
Mr. G. A. Parker, superintendent 
of parks of Hartford, Conn., I believe, 
years ago, compiled a very complete 
list of park officials of the United 
States, but whether it gave the quali- 
fications of the different office hold- 
ers from a practical or any other 
point of view I do not know. The 
National Association, to the best of 
my belief and knowledge, has never 
made a canvass along that line, but 
the question of eliminating politics 
has always been a live subject at all 
the meetings. 
That park adminstrations ought to 
be free from political control and in- 
terference, and that their executive 
officers should be practical and ex- 
perienced men, it would seem to me 
is self-evident. A great majority of 
the members of the National Asso- 
ciation are practical and experienced 
men, but they do not represent the 
number of American cities which 
should be enrolled in the membership 
list of the association. It is the en- 
deavor of the association to enlarge 
its membership and to induce every 
city in the country to send its park 
officials to annual conventions and to 
have them join the association. 
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