Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1916 — BEST TREES FOR THE STREET [ARTICLE]

BEST TREES FOR THE STREET

Selection Should by No Means Be Allowed to Be a Mere Matter of Haphazard. As to the planting of street trees It is well before coming to any definite decision to study the special situation carefully and to consult arellable nurseryman and then plant with a fixed determination to give each tree every possible chance to make good, which means protection from insects, giving water when needed, insisting that drivers do not leave their horses near the trees where they can gnaw the bark, and last but not least, seeing that the trees have an occasional pruning. The following is a list of the best standard street trees: Rock and Norway Maples, the foliage turning a rich gold and crinfson in the auturn; American Ash, which has beautiful compound foliage, dark green above and beneath, and turns from green to yellow and #ien to a purplish tint'in the autumn; English ElnywETch is very ornamental and re tains its leaves longer than any other variety in the autumn, but which should be protected by spraying from the gypsy moth and elm American Linden, which flowers in July, but as the blossoms are small the falling petals do not litter the ground; Ginkgo, a Japanese tree, growing to a height of some forty to sixty feet and robust enough to endure general city planting; Sycamore and Oriental Plane, the latter a rapid grower and singularly free from insects. The Blue Gum tree may be also added to the list in southern climates.