$68 Hope Street, 
Providence, .R.I. 
I'lov. 14, 1910 
Pear Hr. Kirby:- 
During the past week I have made noted of the 
following points which you may want for reference. 
The trees about Arnold Square have no guards, probably because 
they are inside the didewalk line. I find that the £ark of 
these trees is considerably whittled in two or three cases, 
rather badly in one case. Unless there is some good reason 
for doing otherwise would it not be a good plan to put guards 
about these trees to protect them from the Jack-knife? 
On Orms street the guards are lgose on two trees, one opposite 
Puke street, and another opposite Ho. 320. 
On Bath street one guard is loose. 
On Candace street the guard is loose at Ho. £3, and also on 
opposite side of street from Ho. 25. Ho guard on tree next 
south of ITo. 52. 
On Robinson street there is a knife-girdled tree in front of 
the Jewish church (?) opposite Gibbs court. 
On Willard avenue the tree on the northwest corner of Caswell 
court is knife-girdled and dead. 
Aside from these few criticisms I found all the trees 
examined in good condition and apparently Tip to contract. 
In order to find these points fo.r criticism I must have had to 
inspect more than a thousand trees, which I consider a pretty 
good showing. 
Very truly yours, 
