Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-14

Daring the Year.
A RroKr Sent 70 rHs DISTRICT co,nrrsncxrRs-
WIRE NETTING nsTRAD OF WOODEN BoxEs-rHH
xeAovAL o. sUPRRFLuoUs TREES REConNRHDKD.
The parking commission, composed Of Messrs.
VIM. r. Smith. John Saul and william saunders,
charged with the care OF the trees In the city
streets, submitted TO the District Commissioner
to-day It's eighteenth annual report I'm the re.
port OF last year." the paper says s'mention was
maze OF the destrabtlity Of removing the boxes
fron trees not requiring their support, but where
they were maintained solely for purposes Of pro-
tection against injuries Of which horses nibbnnG
the stems was the chief. Since submitting that
report substitute for the boxes-so far at least
a. preventing injury from horses-has been found
IN Light wire netting, which efIectually answers
wooden boxes, and furnishes the least possible
amount OF harbOr for insects, admits OF white
washing the tree when such application becomes
Necessary. and is cost when placed on the tree IL
wooden boz.
VERY PEW cAfRRPnLARs rms suNnER.
'Notwithstanding the unusual numUer OF cater
pillars which infested the trees last year. very few
have made their appearance this summer. This
gsts and is In unison with the ie history Of most
Kinds OF pest1ferous ineecta"
The commission recommends that in addition to
than 5000 De appropriated for wire netting to
place wooden boxes This. the report says would
Protect from 10000
amount OF work in sight In the matter Of supply
Ing fresh soil to some OF the earlier planted trees
Those in sidewalk parkngs require that tine SOIL at
the extremities OF their roofs be dug and pulver-
lied TO good depth and those In holes where the
pavements are continuous TO the curbstOne will
need an extension OF the holes, digging out and
removing the poor soil and substituting with soil
Of a better quality. There are thousands of trees
throughout the city which have soil mounded
around their trunks so that water IS prevented
from reaching their roots. THIS accumulation re-
suits from dust which Is blown from the streets
and pavements, and its removal is a periodical
necessity; but as II usually consists OF good SOIL
which Is stored for future USE II pays for the cost
or removal
suPERrIUous TREES.
LAS the street trees proper increase In growth
they offered all the shade compatible with sanI-
tary requirements and conditions, but in many
parts OF the city, where old trees have been al
lowed 10 RENAL In the park,ngs and In some parts
on The Sidewalks, where they form public obstruc-
lions, the shade produced Is TOO dense, and the
rays OF the sun are altogether excluded from the
walls , OF contiguous buildings which, in
create dampness and mOuids, condition
well known as a foundation for the contraction OF
ailments and diseases OF epidemic ten .encies. II
Is therefore sug Tested that an order for the re-
moval OF all such supe nuous trees be issued for
the guidance Of the Parking Commission" The
IcpOIt ltCOluUtnuS an lQcrtaSe Oh SSUU per an0um
IN The salary OF Mr.. Truman Lannain, the superin-
tendent OF parking.
THE WORK OF THE YEAR.
The report OF Mr.. Lanham, the superintendent,
accompanying that or the commission, states
that 633 trees were set out during the last fiscal
year; $50 old decayed, and dying trees were re-
moved; so trees were destroyed by the bl zzard OF
March. and many others injured; % were de-
stroyed by storm June %, while probably
over Thousand were broken. Young trees
q ha hnroo In
Asylum and at Brookland swened the Total
number OF young trees set out in the city
and District 70 9, ia -Four thousand, four hun
dred and forty wooden boxes were removed from
large trees and 1000 new boxes used. Wire net
ting has been placed around 1895 trees; 6,697
trees were given coat OF lime wash, which, The
superintendent thinks, has been very efectual In
removing the scale from the bark OF the trees.
NEARLY 65, 900 TREES IN THE STREETS.
At the close OF the planting season trees had
been planted in all the streets which had the
curbs properly set except those considered too
narrow tor trees. The total number OF trees now
on the streets Is stated by the report 10 be q