showed that they were pretty pood judges of the good points of 
a tree, as -well as a hit jealous oyer that particularly fine tree 
haying been placed in front of that particular house. 
On Acorn street I noticed that some one had built a good looking 
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wooden tree guard about one of the trees set out last spring as an 
additional safeguard, and painted it green. 
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Friday, and particularly yesterday, as I went through the Shoe- 
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fly village and Huntington avenue region, w±±fe I was impressed with 
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an idea that might be well to bear In mind. It has been repeatedly 
mentioned that trees planted within fiew of the main arteries of 
travel (e.g. along the side streets) where they would be seen by 
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the greatest number of people, would be better object lessons than 
if planted elsewhere. Of course the object lesson side of the 
matter is of secondary importance to the main one of providing shade 
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where it is most needed, but if the places where the trees are 
badly needed happen to be near these routes of travel there would 
appear to be two reasons for planting teagja there. The idea mention- 
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ed above is closely associated one. If the truth were known 
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I think many people would be surprised' to learn how many pen and 
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women get their idea of a city from merely riding through it on a 
railroad train. These first impressions of a place have often been 
known to turn the scales when decisions are made as to location of 
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business or residence. How many thousands of persons get their idea 
of Providence from riding through from Hew York to Poston? Think of 
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Huntington Av.,Harris Av., Eden St., in this connection, and what 
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trees might do there in this respect. This is merely handed out 
as food for thought. 7ery truly yours, 
