The San Francisco call., 1904-02-21
OAKLAND RESPONDS.

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cities of Northern California the climate to
their advantage, by planting palms street trees
instead Of using ems ASH sycamore and other decidu-
1t goes without saying that trees which
dense shade desirable The evcrgreens, like
cypress and acacia have that fault and their lateral
roots interfere with the sidewalks. But the palms have
tap root, do throw laterals and do make
thick shade The palm is always and everywhere tropi
cal feature in the landscape, and other plant exces it
for indoor decoration.
The hotels i'll this city that have the space required
boxed potted palms with splendid effect for dec
oration If they adopted the idea held by who
nsensble climatic advantages, they would put de-
cduous trees lift their bare branches before the
of Eastern tourists. If palms used only indoors
and dcciduous put the streets, the impress
sion made upon travellers is that palms here only
indoors. This does rank injustice California. If we
only the that bare of foliage for half
the year, might we'll all wool caps with ear
flaps, put arctic overshocs and thrummed mens and
the winry aspect people who live in the
zero-mnus belt.
We have endeavored to enforce the utility of palms in
all cities where planting is possible. They
may be used elsewhere with fine advantage Our Cali
ornia railroads spend large amount of money in pub
fishing magazines and in other Of advertising the
State. If they would spend in planting palms
both sides of the tracks, using the date and fan varieties,
they would the most satisfactory results Imagine
the effect upon Eastern travellers this season, they
could ride through splendid palm upon enter
ing California after journey of miles through
frost and and bleak winter In some parts of
Southern Europe not favored as much by climate as we
the railroads have planted along their tracks,
which in their season of bloom make charming i'm
preston upon passengers Our roads have the
too, but they should the palms well. The Out
door League of California interested this subject
and do great work for the State by preaching the
gospel of the palm for streets
The attention that we have given the matter has
stirred responsive chord in Oakland. The Real Es-
Association city passed
precang the of deciduous the streets,
the ground of the litter made by the fallen leaves. the
interference of the lateral roots with sidewalks and
and the wntry aspect of the bare branches the
when the most Eastern visitors here Now,
real estate sometimes considered to be the sons
of Beal but those of Oakland enroll themselves among
the children of light, by showing the desire beauy
their city by making the best use of its splendid
tion and clement climate They resolve in favor of the
palm, and strike palms with them with sincere pleas
ure They promoting the construction of a scenic
boulevard in the mountains, leading the highway
mel which their city with the rich valleys of
Contra Costa County.
They know the value OF appeal to the eye and ap-
preciate the Importance of garniture when it
selling real estate In fact, they important allies of
the Outdoor League. 1t seems, by the of their
resolutions. that the City Council dcciduous
winter months by lining its with elms and ma
pies and they pray the city to retreat from
this position and take refuge under the palm. Their
action is part of the great awakening that has been
caused by the appeals of The Call In California north
of the Tehachapi have been a matterof-fact folk
going at Jog trot, content with mines and mills
orchards and vineyards, and looking upon the
adornmcnt of ranch house surroundings
namentation of cities rather secondary matter,
not having in it dollars and But now we are
learning that climate is asset, out of which we get
dividends not only and manufactures but also
using IT for the purposes of ornamentation outdoor
beauty to catch the eye allure the fancy and open the
of visitors and investors The people of Clover
dale doing this with their citrus fair If they wereof
the deciduous school, they would avoid showing the
orange lemon, pomelo and olive, and instead would
invite the Eastern tourist to view exhibit of corn and
wheat and OATS turnps beets, the pungcnt onion and
well-baled hay picked pork and hams We may well
go to Cloverdalers. study their ways and be wise
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