CHAPTER V. 
THE PLACING OF SHADE TREES 
S TREET planting of shade trees must adapt itself to con¬ 
ditions. Appearance and the opportunity for proper 
growth are the determining factors in successful planting, 
and the community which pays closest attention to these 
points will find itself the town or city beautiful in the 
full meaning of the phrase. To ignore them will cause 
coming generations to wonder why so little heed was paid 
to the simplest rules of tree planting. Proper location 
with regard to the general appearance of the street or 
road is as important as good conditions for growth. 
On formal roads and city streets uniformity in species, size 
and shape and regularity of arrangement are essential. 
On country roads naturalistic planting is usually best. 
Haphazard selection and placing should be avoided, for 
with it comes a mixture that is usually undesirable and 
sometimes fantastic—a hodgepodge of trees which defeats 
the efforts at beauty and attractiveness. 
Tree location covers a wide range of possibilities. 
The most restricted and least frequent way is growing 
them in large tubs or boxes. Between this and the 
informality of country roads or the formal planting of wide 
parkways or boulevards are many possibilities, and careful 
study of these will do much to aid in making an appro¬ 
priate selection for any location. 
Plans for the arrangement of trees along a street or 
roadway may be divided into six general classes, suited to 
various conditions. 
(i) The Two-row Type of Sidewalk Planting. —A 
row of trees along each side of the street is so natural and 
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