PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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( 5 ) Excessive and prolonged heat causes 
dcvltilization, sickness and death. 
h'roin the above it is evident that trees have a 
wholesome influence upon the residents of cities 
by purifying and cooling the atmosphere and 
affording shade. Emil Misc/ie. 
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Protection of Street Tiees. 
Bulletin No. 131 of the Connecticut Agricul- 
tural Experiment station is mainly a report of a 
sub-committee, which was adopted by the general 
committee appointed by the citizens of New 
Haven, Conn., to study and confer regarding the 
unsatisfactory condition of the street trees in that 
city. The work was carried out chiefly by the station 
staff, under direction of Mr. W. E. Britton, horti- 
culturist, hence it was appropriate that the station 
shau'd present the results to those interested. 
Speaking of the varieties of trees suitable for 
street planting the following are advised; Elm, 
Sugar Maple, Red Maple, Norway Maple. Pin 
Oak, Tulip tree and Sycamore. Varieties of the 
Oak and Linden, under proper care and condi- 
tions, are also suggessted for trial. 
The work of the committee is summarized in 
the following recommendations, from which sug- 
gestions may be gathered applicable - to city and 
city square trees practically, throughout the country. 
1. The rigid enforcement of tho.se 
citv ordinances which foit)id tliel)ruising, 
injuring, or destruction of trees, and the 
fastening of animals to trees in such a 
way as to injure them. 
2. That all trees standing within 
reach of horses in the street be ])rotected 
by frames or wire netting, so that they 
cannot be mutilated. 
3. That when limbs are removed 
from trees, greater care be exercised to 
cut them smoothly, close to and even 
with the trunk and without tearing the 
trunk bark. The exposed wood should 
be painted with coal tar. 
4. That the stringing of electric 
wires be done only under the supervision 
of the board of public works, and that 
this supervision be paid for by the com- 
pany doing the work. 
5. That when trees are killed by gas 
leakage from the mains, the owners of 
the mains be required to pay to the city 
the cost of the removal of the trees killed 
and of planting new trees in their places. 
6. That the land under trees in the 
city parks be annually dressed with lime 
and with odorless fertilizer of the composition named, at a 
cost of from $11 to $12 per acre. 
7. That on new streets, when the building line is far 
enough from the street Hue, it is desirable to plant just in front 
of the propirty line, rather than just back of the curb. 
8. Th-at the elm trees on the green and other interior 
parks of the citv be sprayed regularly for a few years and 
thereafter as seems necessary, in the way pre.scribe<l. I'or this 
])urpose the city should buy a spraying out fit of approved con- 
struction, such as has been de.scribed, costing about $ 500 . 
9 That in winter systematic search be made in all bclfrits 
and towers of public buildings and that the elm leaf-beetles, 
which winter in great numbers in such places, be gathered up 
and destroyed. 
10. We also recommend the permanent employment of a 
City Forester, who should have charge of the trees in all res- 
pects. 
11. Tint, in case such an officer be employed, the city 
have a nursery of from three to five acres at Springside Farm, 
where trees suitable for planting on the streets and interior 
pirks can be grown. 
MILLlS, MASS., STATION GROUNDS. 
The Millis, Mass., railway station grounds, de- 
veloped a few years ago from designs by Edward 
P. Adams, landscape architect, Boston, Mass., 
and under his supervision presents some features 
not usual but nevertheless very desirab’e. Persons 
in carriages alight under cover and there is also a 
convenient horse shed. The freight house is cn 
the opposite side of the tracks from the passenger 
station while the driveways are laid out in grace- 
ful curves and adapted to every contingency. The 
design as a whole is appropriate and attracti\e. 
An excellent feature connected with this station 
is its library and reading room in the second 
story. This is well equipped and is worthy of bc- 
R.\inRO.\D ST.VTION GROUNDS AT Mll.mS, M.VSS. 
ing adopted in many country railway stations. A 
number of prominent railroads of the countiy are 
actively engaged in improving their station grounds, 
but the w'ork is only in its infancy, for the field is 
very large. 
