Forest Leaves Volume 4-5 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...appearance at any season. The European gardeners, as has been said, recognized its value long ago, and to-day very large specimens may be seen in some of their old parks. In favorable locations it sometimes becomes a majestic tree, eighty to ninety feet in height.--Boston Transcript. (Some excellent specimens of this. tree and many thousand smaller ones are found in Schuylkill and adjoining counties of Pennsylvania.--Ed.) Encouraging Tree-Planting. THE following clipping from the Press shows how sidewalk ornamentation is secured in Florida: "Tree-planting on the streets at Orlando, Fla., is encouraged by a bounty of 50 cents for each tree in good condition after one year of growth. The work is being done under an ordinance passed two years ago. It provided that the variety to be planted must be the water oak, in size not less than 2 inches in diameter at a point two feet above the ground. The trees must be not less than 10 feet in height, and they are to be set out at stated distances apart and 7 feet from the street bound of the adjacent lot. Thirty days after planting the trees are inspected by a committee, and for each one in good condition 25 cents is paid in city warrants upon the treasury. At the end of the year a similar sum is paid if the tree still flourishes. Larger trees may be planted by the property owners, provided they are uniform in size, but the city pays no more for them. There seems to be no difficulty in finding men who are willing to make contracts with property owners to put out and care for the trees, assuming all risks and relieving the owners of the labor and care." This scheme seems to possess merit entitling it to being copied elsewhere, and it should prove advantageous to some of our Pennsylvania towns and cities. Howev...