FIGURES PAGE 17. Street 150 feet wide. One lateral row on each side and two middle rows. (Arrangement of Green street, Augusta, Ga. See Plate I.) 36 Street 150 feet wide. One lateral row of standard shade trees on each side; three middle rows, the outer rows standard shade trees, the middle row ornamental trees.. 18. 36 PREFACE In the following report on Shade Trees for North Carolina, it is the desire of the Geological and Economic Survey to arouse within the State a more thorough appreciation of the necessity and beauty of shade trees on the streets of our cities and towns. To this end, descriptions are given of the majority of the shade trees suitable for street and park planting in different sections of the State and illustrations have been used to show more effectively the advantages to be derived by a town or city through the judicious planting of suitable trees on their streets. Many towns now realize that shaded parks and streets bordered with neatly kept rows of trees are an asset of very great value. In many instances where a town is without such shade trees it has begun to plant them and the present bulletin will be of considerable assistance to such towns in the selection of the proper trees for planting, the suitable time of year to set them out, and how to care for them and protect them from disease and insects. Various combinations of trees that grow well together and harmonize with each other are given and also suggestions regarding combinations of trees to give pleasing effects of color in the spring when the trees are flowering and in the fall when the foliage is turning. To the person who is interested in tree planting for his own yard, the bulletin should be of some considerable value inasmuch as it goes into detail in regard to the transplanting and pruning of trees. A short chapter is devoted to Arbor Day and it is hoped that the bulletin will be the means of promoting a more general observance of this day in the State, especially in the public schools, which will thus inculcate in our school children a love for our trees, and as they grow up, they will appreciate not only their beauty but also their real value to the place in which they may happen to live. One of the customs of Arbor Day is the planting of trees and if but a few trees are planted each year by each school throughout the State, it will mean that a great many portions of the State will in a few years show most strikingly the advantage of syste matic planting. This report has been prepared by Mr. W. W. Ashe, Forester of the Geological and Economic Survey, who is most competent to treat this subject. The Survey desires that any town or city or individual who wishes information regarding their shade trees or assistance relating to their care and protection will correspond with this office, as it is our desire to render every assistance possible. JOSEPH HYDE PRATT, |