TREES AS GOOD CITIZENS 
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best attention that can be given them. The more we know 
of their proper treatment, the greater will be our opportuni¬ 
ties for enjoying them. The more we study methods for 
their growth and nurture, the more of them we will have; 
and the more we have, the greater will be the beauty of our 
communities and our roads. 
The purpose of this book is to simplify to some extent 
the problems of those who would grow shade trees. These 
problems can be made easy by study and the application 
of simple rules of safety and caution. The problems 
cover such subjects as the choice of the tree best suited for 
planting in a particular soil and location, its planting, its 
growth, its care and its protection. To disregard the 
information presented is to invite disappointment. To 
observe it is to bring true shade tree satisfaction which 
will repay the effort a thousand fold. 
It must be borne in mind that for its friendly offices the 
shade tree is entitled to man’s best care and protection. 
In its demands it asks nothing in selfishness. Its one aim 
is to thrive for man’s benefit. Its sole purpose is to bless 
the world with its kindly gifts. In giving the shade tree 
its well-earned place in the sun, man is but creating, 
for himself and his heirs, a place in the welcome shade. 
The city with fine shade trees is the City Beautiful. 
Travel where one may, in this country or abroad, it is soon 
learned that the final test of a city’s beauty is its shade 
trees. Fine buildings and broad avenues are not enough. 
The best works of artist and architect must have trees to 
set off and enhance their splendor. A city without an 
abundance of shade trees on streets, on lawns and in parks 
is incomplete. 
When the traveler gives thought to the world’s most 
beautiful cities, he thinks instinctively of Washington and 
Paris; and in thinking of them he delights in the memory 
