The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-23

| The 3oStoT 16falQ IN Jn0 IOllOW-
| inc editorior touches a subject,
Hbich shout interest Vermonters
enough So That Arbor day will come
into its own:
The Goterp0rs of the New Eng
| land comuonWealths this year, as
thew summon the people to observ-
ance of Arbor Day, will find them
more svnnathetic with the ideal for
which fbe dav stands. Established
when the emphasis was chiefly ON
the aest6ptic side of tree. planting
the time has come now when men
can be Interested in the project be-
cause II touches either their own, or
the community's pocket nerve. A
tree planter is a wealth-creater as
well as q community-beautifer. He
fosters full creeks and rivers, he
aids in preventing freshets and land
slides. he indirectly if not directly
keeps factories going, summer re-
sorts popular, and city dwellers
eager to gain health as well as
pleasure amid rural scenes. So that
the cgl % Arbor Day this year has
a message to the business man as
well IL TO the child.
Correspondents of The Herald
have been using its columns recent
Iy to call attention to the relatively
small number of trees in Boston
compared with other cities in the
country far less conspicuos in popu-
ar repute for their aesthetic ideals.
Excepting the Common, the Public
Garden and the Metropolitan Park
~ sem. how little the city has to
how. save in some restricted re-
ilence districts in the older part of
he city, of that carefully designed
increment to comfort and beauty
hich multiplicity of trees and
.eaIth of yerdure give to any COM
lunityl
In an article contributed to the
Boston 1915" series of arguments,
he Rev. DR.. F. E. Clark calls atten-
ion to the part that tree planting
as played in the recent swift trans
of Rio de Janiero, so that
is one.of the most beautiful and
ealthy cities of the world. The
reat new central avenue, a mile
nd an eighth long, running through
ne heart of the city, and connect
~ one wing of the harbor with the
ther, and lined with splendid pub
C buildings and modern business
locks, has through its entire length
lternate trees and candelabra, the
liter artistically designed; and
round each tree is a bed of flowers
To be sure, Brazil's capital is in a
innate conducive to tree culture;
ut Boston has a climate in which a
rye variety of trees endure and
ourish, as the Arboretum proves.
hat is lacking here seems to be a
oper appreciation of the tree, both
an an adornment and as a factor
bettering community health.
'ivate enterprises has been remiss;
I'd the city, as a partner in the
after, has not risen to it's opportu-
ty by making tree planting a de-
crate part of extension and de-
lopement of new districts as they
We been opened for building or
.ffic. ,
In the admirable and interesting |
strated journal called Denver {
nicipal Facts, which the capital
Y of Colorado has begun to pub $
with much success, we note that :
wds gathered recently, in driv-
storm, to get from city officials :
10000 maple and elm trees >
ich the city gave away to respon- I
lie applicants. Denver, apparent :
is alive to the duty of a city in Y
tering a setting that is natural E
d not wholly artificial; that
res to the urban dweller some 7
ng beside pavement under foot :
d roof skyline above on which to :
st his vision. A street or boule- :
I'd that has trees in sufficient q
.mber to charm the eye or to i
ade the pedestrian is a delight
ID comfort, and from the economic :
lndpoint ranks as a municipal :
set. :
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