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TREES AS GOOD CITIZENS 
him a Forestry Department. It is no more appropriate to 
call a man in such a position a forester than an orchardist. 
A forester grows trees for the products that may be 
obtained when the tree is cut down, an orchardist grows 
them for the fruits that may be harvested during life,while 
the street tree warden cultivates them for the pleasure and 
comfort they may give by their very existence. He is more 
nearly comparable to a landscapist than to either of the 
other two, but it is a little difficult to determine just the 
name that should be applied. Arboriculturist would be 
distinctive and, if adopted, would not long seem formid¬ 
able. Tree Warden would make a perfectly good name. 
Other tenable names would be Town Tree Expert, Shade 
Tree Expert, and City or Town Tree Engineer. The 
name City Forester has been so much used largely because 
many graduates in forestry have deserted real forestry for 
this line of work, but have taken the title with them. It 
is to be hoped and expected that as the country develops, 
there will be many cities that will obtain forests that will 
require real forestry work of some one, in which case 
the continuation of the present practice of using the term 
“Forester” for street tree workers may prove very con¬ 
fusing, in not distinguishing real forestry work for a city 
from purely shade tree work. 
