Archive image from page 422 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofam04bail Year: 1900 assistance by pointing out how some of ttie mistakes may be avoided. Tlie unsatisfactory results of street-plant- ing, so often met with, can generally be traced to one or all of three causes: 1. Selection of uns
Archive image from page 422 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofam04bail Year: 1900 assistance by pointing out how some of ttie mistakes may be avoided. Tlie unsatisfactory results of street-plant- ing, so often met with, can generally be traced to one or all of three causes: 1. Selection of unsuitable species. 2. The mixing of several species on the same block and even in front of the same lot. 3. Crowding the trees. This last-mentioned source of trouble is perhaps'.the cause of more failure than the first. When trees are once growing, few persons have the heart to thm out the specimens to the proper distance apart; finally a newcomer, without personal feeling in the matter and noting only that there is too much shade and too little light, cutsdowu the whole row and a gap is left in what may have been a fairly uniform block. Spreading avenue trees of large size should not stand closer than 50 ft. apart; smaller trees, on narrower streets should have 40 or at the very least 30 ft., unless they are slen- der species such as cordylines or washingtonias, when
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