Health in home and town . Electric LampPost 226 HEALTH IN HOME AND TOWN Kinds of Shade-Trees. — The experience of cities hasshown that there are only ten or twelve different kindsof trees that make ideal shade-trees. The Norway,sycamore, and red maples are stately and attrac-tive. The pin oak, the red oak, the scarlet oak, the. A Street in St. Louis linden, the elms, the horse-chestnut, and the ashare all valuable for city trees. A study of the treesplanted in a section of a city or town would be veryinstructive. The Care of Trees. — In order to live under the tryingconditions of a city, the t
Health in home and town . Electric LampPost 226 HEALTH IN HOME AND TOWN Kinds of Shade-Trees. — The experience of cities hasshown that there are only ten or twelve different kindsof trees that make ideal shade-trees. The Norway,sycamore, and red maples are stately and attrac-tive. The pin oak, the red oak, the scarlet oak, the. A Street in St. Louis linden, the elms, the horse-chestnut, and the ashare all valuable for city trees. A study of the treesplanted in a section of a city or town would be veryinstructive. The Care of Trees. — In order to live under the tryingconditions of a city, the trees should receive the verybest treatment. They should be set out with great care,and should be watered, pruned, staked, and row of well-trained trees on each side of a street is abeautiful sight. Some cities employ a city foresterwhose chief care is the city trees. THE CITY STREETS 227 A City Forester. — This officer is fully equipped forhis duties. He has a staff of men well-trained in also has the latest devices for the handling and thespraying of trees. Among his duties are the plantingof trees along the city streets. The spraying of treeswhen infested with injurious insects often becomesnecessary. The pruning and cutting down of injuredand dead trees also comes under his supervision. Some
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