The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-30
TREE PLANTING IN URBAN
AND SUBURBAN STREETS
Continued from page ID

opinion was expressed that one of the
most effective means for mitigating the
| intense heat of the summer months,
and diminishing the death rate among
| children, is the cultivation of an ade-
| quate number of trees in the streets.
The city of Washington is justly
| known as one of the most beautiful
cities in America on account of the
seventy thousand trees that adorn its
streets; and there are many New Eng
land towns famed for their attractive
appearance, due largely to the beautiful
trees planted by village improvement
societies. 1t is said that Paris has
$4,000 shade trees, and that 100000 are
expended annually in caring for them
and planting additional ones. Both
Washington and Paris have nurseries
in which seedlings of desirable species
are propagated with special reference
to the requirements of street planting.
Poorly developed plants or saplings are
discarded. and only the straight, thrift
IS are selected for use on the city
streets.
In street planting care should be
exercised to select species which. when
fully grown, will be of a size suitable
making a choice only such should be
selected as are best adapted to the
peculiar conditions which influence
their growth in cities. Some trees that
can be safely used for road planting in
the country are too susceptible to the
deIeterious influences of the smoke,
dust, gas, and pavement of our towns.
Along country roads or villa &C
some neighboring grove Or forest may
be set out; but FOR city streets ru?sery
stock alone should b. used. In fact
it would be better to tuy nursery trees
for village planting also unless COM
PEELED to use the other Cor economical
reasons. If one must go To the forest
for young trees pains should he taken
to obtain as str 3;ght, thrifty and FER
feet specimens as possible
OF TREES ON
STREETS.
In street planting the trees should
be placed with reference to the room
they will need when fully grown, rath- !
err than with reference to the lot boun- /
daries. otherwise there will be irregu- !
.arity, overCrowding and unoccupied |
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row to permit tree on each. and so
he proper spacing on a block must be |
determined irrespective of the wishes
# the property owners. each of whom |
might want tree in front of his
house. If a block is fully planted the
rees on one side of the street should
stand opposite the spaces on the other
'fde. Planting at half distance, with |
he intention of removing every other
rec in time. is sometimes done in or
Ter to obtain more shade at the start.
But this plan is an Objectionable one:
he intermediate trees are seldom re-
moved. and, in their crowded condition.
'ecome i'll shaped and understood The
arrangement is a doubtful expedient.
ven if the superfluous ones are re-
moved at the proper time for while the
rees are small they afford neither
eauty nor shade. no matter how close
' they were planted. The only case in
which intervals might be filled with
dvantage is in row of old trees that
ave passed maturity and are nearing r
heir end. In such a case time can be
ayed by planting young ones in the