Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1918 — BOX SERVES DOUBLE PURPOSE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BOX SERVES DOUBLE PURPOSE

Protects Exposed Roots bf Trses and Adds Greatly to the Appearance of the Street. / m «{ : , • T *f. r . When Marengo avenue, in Ptsadena, Gal.;)i was extended recently, the grading Incidental to the-paving a lot of fine old pepper- We fs with 'some of their robts “high an Ji.dry r ” In fact, the exposure of tile’ tools was .V Ivi. 1 <• JjU

ko great, that the city forested feared that the be/'killed or. their health seriously impaired. ’Accordingly, to Insure the safety of the trees, concrete boxes were built round the trupks and were th ;n filled with rich earth. Plants with beautiful foliage were afterward)set in the boxes. —Popular Science Mon :hly.

Box Safeguards Tree and Enhances the Beauty of the Strict.