The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-17
BROOKLYN LEADS
THE WORLD IN
SHADE TREES
Has $4,000 More to Care For
Than Paris, Next on List,
With Less TO Spend.

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brooklyn mas more S"'"e wees '''''
any other big city in the world Farls
which ranks second, possesses 10000
,..ui,.,s ..,o,i,s. ,,,bic,, for wear.
cave peen given SSS'e'''a"' "'''''''0'
and care WASHINGTON, when is lhiFo
has $1,000 trees distributed in its park;
and along its public thoroushtaFes' ane
for a period OF thirty years has eN-
u,hnded annually the sum Of $4,000 foI
thuir care and maintenance Only since
the administration in Brooklyn OF ParH
commissioner Michael j. Kennedy has
that borough begun to realize that II
must give both time and money toward
The preservation and culture OF It's
s.rcreal beauty.
sShurtiy after Commissioner Kennedy
81, .b,r,o NJ tho danartuent he he
~" ''''' - ~ go -
a.Wt lilPFeS>ei WIN me I'hPol '""Se va
Immediate action in this direction, and,
.,.b,,,,r, borli,s,Dal nv insufficient
. -, -,
ahlopllauoNS' i'tS S"SSecuc" j" -'"'-
euylng many OF the consequences Oh
,slst neple,.. He early understood the
.4,., h.
HeSeSS''! OF paS'IS III N''"' - w nv
work an expert forester and arboTi-
tail,urist During the past wear this
,,-a,,h If +l,, u.,rl, in Inc psrk De-
o'"''~' u O''e "N'N III VAC
raTtment has been under the super
Vision of J. J. L,eyison. a graduate of
III w. 1ror,...,. S,br,,, o75 tor,,,a,,,.
Y are oi'Sl'S .oN'.o0t anu 40 I- me-
employed as an expert by the United
States Government.
k,,-,.. IT. vrou,a .a,or. o
ftlred TO Mr.. Levison by the Commis-
sioner the former enthusiastically dis
e,,ssed the system, while modestly dis
claiming any credit for what had been
accomplished.
E"In the first mace" declared tho
arooriculturist, 1T is necessary to I'M
derstand the conditions with which the
present Park Department is confronted
W ha..a - p.,ol-I,., w Io.s 49,,
l5o ana srads trees witch bava NOT re-.
c cSS% ' nrnner attenHion for vears In
ss IL, e1- t It W. WV, comtrsga I In az
IA - NJ ~ tpo noS uhich
,ras innrssi "a for he ga 1aos'a "a
$1,000 When We consider the fact that
If%sia,,, " 80 ,rass To- ye.rs orSmsIt,.
rtpIt - t.@ ees ao[ at,tiua'dS
i'll, a. res the SIM Of ga oG and vi when
,,.'V' 80 :" nc =.
we eonsid ,h 100, tha' the p9Fchasin 9! g
III FRANCE nan T., his country ne can
T. gha" &C.. '!-an ~ tAtS S4titr!t we Gah
i1.t+t,at t 80 ~. s al
/ cntireIv TOO %pp snail nal In the arst piane
t. pieStased IN o me eSceaent conaition
,.biiI ,,,e ,Toa5 -. 10 81
ais of veaTs of neeIecr or I,rscian n =
fai54G> o.,, =. ~, aa,.,. .,
Moih u Iae dspd' tIient' Hnsre-
,,.,i, i,1 pnris or w
s g. r.,, ~ ~ "a .r. euuh
gng away and removal of dead
ins Than would have 10 he done - had
he tr@es hesn nroner,v .carad for ~
5heir youth.
Fighting Insect Foes.
"rbo ,,,os. ,,.o.s,,
rort ~ 'o,,,r 'te' eN tsa.ue ~ Lne
$780, a. % S Is ~ ING cure ot Tree
ana NJ. pan asnc pests. war must be
ca6paisn ' depends i enfiraiy ,1 ama t ths
Particular habits OF the insect Snrsv-
ing is empiOved agains, insects in the
caterpillar stage. Which feed unhn he he
foliage The cocoons and ego rna.ses
are removed and brIrnaS Eban 50
trees are clean they are banded tn ~
vent caterpnlars. Matched mnon naigb.
boring objects, from crawling baHk
upon the trees.
the leaves, suck the sap from The trim K
and boughs. Trees infested by such
pests are sprayed with oil s6mtions
drill into the tree trunks and branches
and deposit their eggs in little side
cayerns, They and their progeny are
eXtermlnated by injecting into the tree
carbon blsulphite, which generates a
daadIv .as