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 . the Ginko, areiron-clad in all respects, but they are the trees most easilycared for. Forest Areas in the Park A considerable area in the park is covered with natural forestgrowth, some of which has undoubtedly come down to us fromthe days when primeval forest covered the Schuylkill hills,as there are trees standing in them fully a century and a halfold. The general public apparently considers that, as natureplanted these trees in such glorious
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 . the Ginko, areiron-clad in all respects, but they are the trees most easilycared for. Forest Areas in the Park A considerable area in the park is covered with natural forestgrowth, some of which has undoubtedly come down to us fromthe days when primeval forest covered the Schuylkill hills,as there are trees standing in them fully a century and a halfold. The general public apparently considers that, as natureplanted these trees in such glorious munificence, she is amplyproviding for their welfare and perpetuation. Careful studies,extending over several years, of the composition and conditionin detail of these forests, have convinced me that in the major-ity of cases they are failing or deteriorating, that nature is 16 unequal to the task of overcoming the hardships endured bythese forests, that each year shows an increase in the ratio ofloss, and that prompt, energetic, and sustained efforts by manalone can remedy the evil. As these statements are of so serious a nature that they call. Black Oak and Hickory trees, showing noble character of these hard-woods in all situations. These trees once stood in a forest. for convincing evidence to warrant their use, I submit heredata upon which they are based, that you may verify my con-clusions. The figures in these schedules comprise the resultsof a careful census of the wooded areas. In the smaller tractsthe trees were counted and the species noted, together with 17 the diameter of the trunk, breast-high. In the larger onestypical strij)s, approximately 200 feet wide, through the woodsat selected points, were so measured and counted, and theseresults multiplied by the area of the forest (this being the 1 fc M r. h ^ mm . .J _^.^_ ^WM ? _ m A grove of Hickory, Oak, and Tulip trees in Lansdowne forest trees standing in cleared ground are apt to deteriorat
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