Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-22
FOREIGN TREES
SHADE GREATEST
PARl OF NEWARK
Foliage of City Streets Came
from Other Chimes to Be Pro-
tected by Our F0resters.

from Other Chimes to Be Pro-
tected by Our FOresters.
Shade is shade" to man. a man,
but to how many Newarkers Is 1t
known that the greater part of this
city's shade Is not American, but Nor
wegian, italian, Asiatic and even Chi
nese?
City Forester James III Walker, the
municipal tree doctor. is by all odds
the one Newarker best aware Of this
fact, and some Of the interesting things
he knows about trees he told a STAR
scribe today, while driving about the
city In his daily inspection tour.
This 'ginkgo' tree you're talking Of"
said Forester Walker, sis a peculiar
proposition. It's a Chinese tree, but
the funniest thing about 1t Is that it's a
survival of an age SO old hat man was
probably q fish at the time. The ginkgo
is a tree relic: really, to put 1t plainly,
it's half a fern and half a pine tree
it's a confer with a fern-like leaf"
Under chinese shade.
Then. when we walk along Astor
street, or 6dwn Parkhurst street, or
along East Kinney street. where I I'M
derstnnd the trees are planted, were
on American soil. but in Chinese
shade?" queried the scribe.
yes. II you want to put it So"
laughed the tree man.
The of0ru nf thu Dtnlx0n with ifQ
Jerky name-probably an English con-
traction of some Chinese unpronounca-
ble-is the story of a sprig and a steam
ship. Within the past seyenty-1ve
years, the story goes, an Englishman
visiting Japan found the peculiar tree.
Whether his interest was aroused at
some banquet, where the japanese, like
the Chinese, are FOND of serving the
pit of the ginkgo fruit as a relish, or
merely by the peculiar shape of the
trees. IL not known; but some years
later ginkgo trees were found-perhaps
a score OF them-in England. From
there Americans have brought them,
and since the time that they were
planted profusely In Washington. D.
c., to serve al shade trees Americans
have taken to them quickly and New
ark Is one of the many cities where
they are now found.
Salt Water Kills Tree.
The shade tree auto had now come to
Its first stop.
"'This fellow here said Mr.. Walker.
pointing to a mussy-looking Italian
ice-cream parlor. "is slowly killing
this horse-chestnut. Every morning he
pours several gallons of salt water d.
rectly over the roots Of the tree in
front of his place, and that accounts
for the droop n the following Of the
leaves as you see It,"
How can you stop him?" was asked
1.-THE Shade Tree Commission has
power to prosecute such cases. and We
can fine UP to $50, or send to jail for
three months. OF course, we have to
prove our case first"
After the auto had proceeded a little
way the forester called attention to a
neat row of trees. evidently planted
not much longer than two years.
story of the Sycamore.
IF you're looking for interest,"" Mr..
Walker said, take those oriental
planes, commonly called sycamores.
They have an interesting history"
The story of the sycamore, properly
the oriental plane, he further ex-
planned, reached far back before the
time of Christ. The oriental plane was
the tree under which Plato walked and
~discoursed his age-wise philosophy. 1t
was imported to this country and took
readily to the climate.
Then 1 can say queried the scribe,
that when one walks under a syca-
more tree he should not let the shade
darken him, but enlighten him?"
Perhaps" laughed the forester;
but at least the shade will beautify
him, for the sycamore gives h pref
test of f1eck patterns"
Somewhat further on an inspection
of the work Of of the seven spray
ing outfits operated by the commission
was made.
Fighting the Pests.
what we fight here" said the tree
doctor, rs mostly the tussock moth
and the elm leaf beetle. The tussock
moth is really a c~ity-cultured pest, be-
cause under the more natural condi-
lions, natures own check-the tussock
parasite-cleans up the leaf-destroyer
very quickly. We use a sure-death So
luton and under forced pressure spray
1t we'll up under the leaves. Then MI.
Tussock's name becomes Dennis"
A long line of stately Lombardy pop
lars doomed up. marking the boundary
of Branch Brook Park.
Pretty tree" remarked the forester.
The scribe assented and later looked
up the tree. 1t a been in North
America for many years, but was orig
inally a native of SUNNY Italy. Accord
ing to tradition the poplar was the ia
vorite tree of the Borgias of Italy, and
1t was under its c~hurch-like spire that
they most liked to administer their
poisons. So, with its sombre beauty,
the Lombardy poplar, sometimes called
the rich mans boundary posts, is real
ly a tragic tree.
Norway Maple Popular.
1.-THE tree we plant in greatest num-
bers,' explained the forester, rs the
Norway maple. It's a hardy tree and
spreads it's roots out l%aterally. taking
a strong grip on the earth. 1t is we'll
liked and affords grateful shade. Also
1t is easily sprayed, and the tree pests
have MT e,tccaeded in square battle In