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PARK AND CEMETERY, 
The tiouble is usually manifested in a few hours 
after exposure by a severe itching, followed by an 
eruption of an erysipelous nature. Excepting in the 
most severe cases a wash of soda and water applied 
frequently until the trouble disappears will suffice. 
If this is used freely soon after contact the eruption 
may often be prevented. Copperas water is also an 
excellent remedy. Iodine kills the poison almost 
immediately. It has been recently stated on good 
authority that hot water is an effectual remedy. 
The eruption is communicable by direct con- 
tact, hence one affected even slightly with it should 
use a separate towel. Bessie L. Putman. 
RESIDENCE STREETS— X. 
CARE. 
Fig. 18. Showing how decay follows removal of large branches, 
and how energy has been wasted in trimming. 
After a street is completed, that is, after all the 
underground improvements are in, the sidewalks 
built, the pavement constructed, and all the plant- 
ing and seeding done, the result will not be as sat- 
isfactory as it ought to be unless continual care is 
given. This care need not be very expensive, but 
someone ought to feel responsible for the appear- 
ance of the street as a whole and especially for the 
welfare of new plantings. 
The most important thing with regard to trees 
and shrubs that have just been set out is to keep 
the surface of the ground about them loose with a 
rake or hoe, so as to retain the moisture in the 
ground by preventing evaporation. Aside trom 
shortening in the smallest branches when the plant- 
ing is done, very little trimming will be needed for 
several years. For immediate effect, the trees may 
be planted closer together than they should 
stand when reaching maturity. When such is the 
case, the trees to be removed should be taken out 
before their branches touch those of adjacent trees. 
It is not necessary, however, that each tree should 
Fig. 17. Incorrect method of trimming trees. 
stand by itself. Often a group of two or three may 
be placed not more than five or six feet apart, and 
remain so as long as they live, the tops forming 
practically one mass of limbs and foliage. The ap- 
pearance of the street will be better if there are 
some open spaces left. A group of trees should be 
separated from the next group, or tree, even in old 
age. The trees will be more beautiful if no trim- 
ming at all is done after they become established 
in their new homes so that they grow with vigor, 
but we must not forget that the street is for use, 
and so those branches which interfere with carriages 
or umbrellas should be removed. They should be 
cut next to the trunk or larger 
branch from which they spring 
so that the scar will heal over. 
Two mistakes are often made 
in trimming trees. One is in 
trimming up, the branches often 
being removed until the trees 
resemble brooms, the long 
scarred trunks holding only a 
tuft of foliage at the top. The 
other is trimming down, the 
tops being cut away until we 
see only trunks supporting mere 
stumps of branches. When 
either mistake has been made, 
the tree can never again pres- 
ent that graceful appearance 
that we see in a tree which has 
