Street Trees

The comfort to be derived from shade trees has long been recognized. The early settlers of this country saved fine trees about their homes, on the village greens, along the coun...

A common mistake in ambitious young cities and many old ones is to pave more of the width of the street for traffic purposes than, is likely ever to be needed. By reducing the r...

Because of the attacks of the elm leaf-beetle[18] and the European elm bark louse,[19] many handsome trees have been severely damaged or killed before communities were properly...

The swamp Spanish oak[58] is adapted to regions 11, 12, and 13. It belongs to the red oak group, but is larger than the other oaks suggested for street planting. It is well adap...

Trees in large quantities are often packed directly in cars with a small quantity of straw about the roots. When shipped in this way extra care (compare figs. 30 and 31) must be...