Report on the trees of Fairmount parkA study of the trees growing naturally in the park forests and of those planted for shade or decorative purposes . Locust seedlings in West Park. This is a weedy tree, useful only for tem-porary cover on bad ground, as it soon falls prey to borers. delightful variety of the Appalachian forests and the grandeurof the pure stands, as among the evergreens of the west andnorth. While we are unable, owing to the soot from thetrains and factories, to grow Pines, Hemlocks, Spruces, andother evergreens satisfactorily in the park outside the Wissa- 29 hickon Valley
Report on the trees of Fairmount parkA study of the trees growing naturally in the park forests and of those planted for shade or decorative purposes . Locust seedlings in West Park. This is a weedy tree, useful only for tem-porary cover on bad ground, as it soon falls prey to borers. delightful variety of the Appalachian forests and the grandeurof the pure stands, as among the evergreens of the west andnorth. While we are unable, owing to the soot from thetrains and factories, to grow Pines, Hemlocks, Spruces, andother evergreens satisfactorily in the park outside the Wissa- 29 hickon Valley and the Country Club districts, they can stillbe counted on for a number of years growth if the site is aprotected one to which the soot-laden winds cannot find is the glen below Ridgeland or the woods at the foot ofGeorges Hill, where the Hemlocks set out three years ago are. Woodland walk near Chamounix. Very beautiful in its wild, pictur-esque character, but needing attention if this beauty is to be enjoyed bythe next generation. Young saplings should be set out in every openingand an undergrowth established. doing fairly well. They might well, therefore, be plantedregularly in such positions to relieve the somberness of thewinter forest landscapes. Where sprout growth or coppice occurs, as at Beech wood, 30 the trees should gradually be thinned out, and the spacessomade filled with healthy seedling trees, as the sprout growthsare both short-lived and uninteresting. In a number of cases a considerable improvement couldalso be made by developing the second forest growth through
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