Fact 1955 ~~ Sprine 1956 
Wuocesace Caratoc’ 7 
TAILORED TREES 
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8 
THE FIRST CHOICE OF SCIENTIFIC STREET TREE PLANTERS FROM Coast TO Coast 
In MANY SPECIES SEEDLING TREES ARE UNSATISFACTORY, 
THEIR FORM AND HABITS ARE UNCERTAIN AND GENERALLY THE PLANTINGS 
THAT RESULT ARE DEFINITELY NOT THE FINE PICTURES THE PLANTERS 
HAD VISUALIZED, 
THIS WAS ONE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT I SET OUT TO OVERCOME 
IN MY PROGRAM AS ComMISSIONER OF SHADE TREES FOR EIGHT YEARS 
IN CLEVELAND, It was FELT THAT SOME OF THE COMMON SPECIES 
WOULD SERVE AN EXCELLENT PURPOSE IF DESIRABLE, STABLE FORMS 
WERE ABAILABLE. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PROGRAM TURNED UP SOME 
SPLENDID SELECTIONS IN THE Norway, Repo ano Sucar Mapce 
SPECIES AND IN THE MUCH WANTED AND DESIRABLE Ginkco SPECIES, 
A NUMBER OF SELECTIONS ARE AVAILABLE NOW IN THE Reb 
AND Norway MapP_ce SPECIES, WHILE THE ONES CHOSEN FOR PRODUCTION 
IN THE GinkGo AND SuGcar MaPLe SPECIES ARE IN PRODUCTION, THE 
LATTER WILL. BE READY IN LIMITED NUMBERS IN ABOUT TWO YEARS, 
Witn THESE DIFFERENT FORMS A STREET TREE PLANTER CAN 
SELECT A TREE TO FIT ANY SPACE, THEREBY REDUCING CONFLICT AND 
MAINTENANCE TO A MINIMUM, “AND MAKE UNNECESSARY THE REDUCTION 
IN SIZE AND DISTORTION OF FORM THAT RESULTS IN LINE CLEARANCE 
OPERATIONS, PROPERLY SELECTED AND PLANTED TREES REDUCE MAIN= 
TENANCE, INCREASE BEAUTY AND DECREASE CONSIDERABLY EXPENSIVE, 
EXCESSIVE REMOVAL COSTS, 
THe VARIETIES AVAILABLE FOR THE SCIENTIFIC APPLICATION 
OF SOUND STREET TREE MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES ARE PRESENTED HERE ¢ 
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