Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-07-12

formation mas been furnished by its
president, ]. Horace Mcfarland:
| l. If you are to plant street trees
in your town, il should be done with
intelligent and careful consideration
and not by random. You can find
out what trees do best in your neigh
borhood by investigation. 1t is al
ways preferable and very greatly
preferable TO use trees that are
either indigenous or have been sufi.
Gently tested to make sure that they
will be successful There is nothing
to be gained and much to be lost By
the introduction of nurserymen's now
elites. of trees from other localities
that are not sufficiently tested, or of
those that are not long-lived and of
proper habit for street planting.
/ 2. The next matter of importance
is to see that if you are to plant
whole streets at time, they are
| planted all in the same kind of tree,
and not hit or miss. Our great ma
tional capital, Washington, is con.
| spicuous example of how wen tree
planting can be managed, for there
are great avenues with pin oaks, and
others with sycamores, and others
| with tulips, and others with elms,
but on no street there has been per.
mitted heterogeneous mixture.
Mixing of trees can be .likened to the
condition that would prevail If a
gentleman getting for himself dou.
ble-breasted frock coat would alter
nate the buttons in all different sorts
of texture, cloth, glass bone and the
like.
8. 1t is next important to see that
the trees are not planted too closely
Long-lived trees need room to develop.
The small trees you will undoubtedly
use look very lonesome when planted
at the proper distance apart, but they
will grow all the better for having
room to grow. | have seen examples
of tree planting not over ten or twelve
feet apart, with the certainty that
after while the trees would be dam
aging each other and some would have
to be removed. Never less than
twenty feet, and preferably more
space, should be permitted between
trees.
4. You can assure your property
owners that the J.. modern idea is that
the city had better own the trees As
your town grows it will be able to pro
vide care for these trees. The best
possible work now under way is il
New Jersey, where there are tree
planting commissions. In this state
il the town elects, trees are planted
under the local commissioners purel,
at the determination of the commits
sion as to variety and character, dis
lance etc, but at the cost of the abat
ting property owners.
Y 5. In respect to varieties of trees
let ME suggest consideration of the
American elm, the pin oak, the rec
oak, the American sycamore, the Eng
lish sycamore, the tulip tree, the hare
or sugar maple, the red maple, posi-
bly, the Norway maple and the syca
more maple. Certainly omit the sill
yer maple or the ash-leaved maple
from your consideration. The white
ash may be useful and is long-lived
You may have other indigenous trees
which approach the ideal form fo'
street trees, which is that of the Amer
lean elm. If you can by any means
plant the largest proportion Of elms
do so. ! have visited the city OF
Oswego, New York. where forty OF
fifty years ago general tree planting
movement was undertaken and all the
streets were planted wisely with elms
The effect is now of the utmost
beauty
6. You need to have ordinances to
take the control of these trees out OF
the hands Of the property owner and
to place it in the hands Of an unpaid
city commission which would include
some with expert knowledge. Surely
you can find some public-spirited men
and women to serve in this capacity.
AS to protecting the trees from boys.
the best possible way is to teach the
boys to love the trees by showing
them pictures of good trees in your
schools and giving them information
about trees. There ought to be-. ana
usually is no difficulty whatever in Sc.
curing the enthusiastic assistance OF
the boys.
7. AS to the trimming proposition,
1t must be absolutely restricted II
you are to have good trees. II the
trees come to you in fair order with a
good root system, they viii need the
cutting off Of all mutilated roots and a
reasonable shortening In of the upper
branches to symmetrical shape. cut.
ting in each case close TO bud,
} smoothly. II they are then planted I'm
large holes, carefully dug, and each
tree surrounded by some good soil
without any fresh manure, they should
live and grow and require no other
4 trimming for many years, save such
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