South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31
MUNICIPAL TREES
FLOURISH WITH
NECESSARY CARE
Add Much to Appearance
of City and Give
Comfort.

one OF the characters IN an early
day American romance Of the time
when the stamp act was causing all
kinds OF trouble, is recorded as de-
clarlng tina. New York never would
be a real business city because
Broadway and Maiden Lane were
lined with trees The Van Vrooms.
the Stuyvesants. the Artavelts, and
other early settlers Of the country
saved fine trees about their homes
on the village greens, along the
country roads and IN the fields. But
one viii see no trees nowadays on
Broadway, and Maiden Lane has
been transformed from the pleas
ant, tree-bordered region OF Dutch
homes with flower gardens into the
busiest wholesale jeweIry district in
America. II not in the world.
Beauty and comfort gave way 20
the inroads Of commerce, not only
In New York. but in most Of Amer
>1ca's great cities, SO that today trees
in a business street are a rare sight.
There are eIm-shadcd villages in
New England, maple-shaded towns
in New York and the Ohio valley.
and there are Oak-cree streets 20
be seen IN the southeastern states.
but for the most part this refers
only 90 small towns or cities-never
tc. the congested centers OF popula-
ton where they should have been
preserved. Washington. The national
capital. Is one of the exceptions, and
even there the paintings were not
always wisely arranged.
The tree growth on the streets of
the average American town or city
Is ragged and unkempt i'm appear
ance. while that OF the suburb or
small village often is not much bet
ter unless the planting has ueer
done under municipal control, and
the paintings on street have been
confined 20 a single kind Of tree
The telegraph. the telephone. the
electric light. and the trolley car
have added their share toward the
mutilation or destruction Of the good
trees that were in existence at the
time of their coming.
Family Treatment Ruinous.
Faulty methods of pruning have
caused disagreement and ruin
Success follows the careful plant
ing OF good trees which are giveT
adequate protection and timely at
tentiOn." says Farmers Bulletin No
1909 planting and Care of Stree
Trees" just issued by the Unite,
States department of agriculture
Every tree should be trained to iu
proper form while young, so tina
severe pruning Will not be neccssar.
later. Guards are necessary, too, fo
several years
ITO the mutilauon OF severe prun
ing has been added the dcstrucuoI
OF many trees in centers of bushes,
because they excluded a little light
or made the store less prominent, OF
we've somewhat in the way Of using
the sidewalk for merchandise"
The bulletin insists that providing
shade on city streets is rs much a
municipal function as providing
lights or sidewalks and should
therefore. be cares for by public of
fcials. Probably the most efficient
way OF arranEins for proper super
vision. BE- says. is through an unpaid
commission OF three or five mem
beers which i'm turn employs an eek
,ecutive officer Methods of organ
lization are described, and numerou
Illustrations show how trees shoul
be planted There are chapters ais
describing pruning, spraying. trans
planting. and other subjects of i'm
portance to- every town or cit
wether il has trees or wishes I
have them The bulletin may b
had free upon application to the di
vision OF publications United State
department of agriculture. Washing
.On ID. G.