Show 0 Wise Planning Is Necessary for Realization of Civic Beauty Editor Telegram Your deep Interest in inter interest in- in ter terest st In the of Salt Lake City as shown shown by your ro recent nt editorials of or November 13 and November November No No- vember 17 11 should be commended and appreciated by every citizen nd taxpayer of f Salt J Lake al Cit City und every citizen and taxpayer in Salt Lake get get behind you vou and the chamber of commerce and I give e possibly can cin In all the help they tr trying ing to make Salt Lake Lale The Most Beautiful City in America the slogan adopted by the Salt Lake Lale chamber of or commerce If Salt Lake Lale citizens will take this aIt Lake City can be made a aery very ery beautiful beautiful beau beau- I city even more so 50 tb than b it is isnow Is city It now flow and it is now a handsome 1 I first saw Salt Lake City YM about about- sixteen years ag ago I thought ht it was as one of ot the most beautiful I lad Vad just I had ever seen seen and made a- a artrip trip all around the United Canada anada States and to many parts part o of before coming here nere I als lisa alaD lived lived in Washington D. D C C. C for tor four years ars looking cities inthe inthe in inthe ot of the best one the world Being a horticulturist trees I quickly saw that the many then growing In the city was one ono of ot the main factors of its beauty but saw that many of the trees were short lived species that would soon have to be replaced by better trees In order to maintain us re u- u i 1 1 I tati tation O of I i a a time I have given Sin that great ueal leal of my time to the study of the question of what kind hind of gt o suited for street a and d tre trees tres s are best highway planting If It the early tree planters of Salt Lake City had more hardwood trees along long p planted panted more cottonwoods anti and other soft softwoods the which they planted so freely woods it effect quicker In order to get a im- im a wonderful w would have been ben conc condition condi condi- the present pic ement over ti tion tian n o of the the- trees in Salt Lal Lake e Cit City Cit as ns the soft woods could hava b boon n I cut down as soon as the hard woods developed It is none too late now correct this th's error and andI i how however ver to c I tm zm glad to s see e that the tho shade ilu d ce tre titie i commission which has lust been heen appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed has selected fine peale 5 s of hardwood l trees tices t to be plane plan l in thenea thene the ne neo nea v future There are probably not over o a dozen lozen species of hardwood hardwood hard hard- hard I classed as ns w wood od trees that could toe e first class trees for city strict I planting and highway planting andall andall and and- the all of the species selected by eluded shade tree commission are in the best twelve trees for that purpose PAYS DIVIDENDS I would like to sug suggest est though through your our paper that although Washington and Paris Fails are re classed cli sed sedas as the two most beautiful cities in 10 inthe inthe the world is and get bet that mos most worthy on account of ot the beau bem- be lu- lu trees planted and anti growing in their streets and parks that the planting of trees only in city streets street in La order to make malc the city more can be much im improved roved upon by planting shrubs f lovers perennials etc in all parking spaces along with the trees The cost ost of beautifying a city with trees shrubs flowers and perennials c ec c should l l-be l be considered an investment l in beauty health comfort and anil cold cash that will pay exceptionally good rood dividends if it properly direct directed d. d blend for trees shrubs and flowers their beauty with poetry and sentiment sentiment sentiment senti senti- ment which Is bound to develop better citizens The shade tree com cern commission mission should have the h hearty arty co cooperation cooperation cooperation co- co operation of ot every citizen and taxpayer tax tax- tarr i payer in th the city every newspaper newspaper I I and all 1111 civic or organizations as every taxpayer will be benefited b by the through the increased d work done valuation of their property suggested in your editorial As ou you of ot September 22 2 1923 the shade tree commission should not devote all ot of its ite time to the planting of or I trees only but should hould give a good I deal of consideration to the planting Plating ideal o 0 of beautiful shrubs perennials and flowers ot of all aU kinds in the city their should consider streets and of in the lines work worl to be more street landscaping than simply tree question of where to planting The should Sant plant the he trees In tho the streets receive very ery serious consideration specific plan of or before adopting any the method used titled and planting as advocated in practically all aU literature literature litera litera- ture of ot ten to twenty yc years ars ago Is today from a stand stand- not Dot applicable 1 point of good street l landscaping The old method was to plant the same kind kina of a tree the entire len length th of a street or as many many- blocks as possible and to plant them at regular regular reg reg- ular distances apart Just as the telegraph poles are planted ard ar I Ido Ido Ido this do not hesitate tp say that method of tree tree planting in city streets would now be considered Ly Lythe Y the leading street landscape architects architects architects archi archi- In the c country as somewhat out of date and before the commis commission sion slon adopts any specific plan of tr tree e planting these points should be thoroughly discussed and considered considered consid consid- ered e i NATURE AT WORK Nature never intended aut and n ner never er did plant trees in ill straight f r rows ws- ws at atso tso t- t so many feet apart and nd If to see trees growing in their greatest greatest greatest great great- est splendor get as close to nature as you possibly can Take Tale a trip to the natural woodlands around your our city There you will see them in all aU their grandeur you will see them growing in iSi clusters In some home places and you will find a lone tree standIng standing stand stand- Ing out in stately eminence with all its branches in perfect contour andin and andin andin in perfect health a challenge to all picture in the elements elements-a a perfect its surroundings in the natural woodland Where the trees are not are not too densely growing you will find that nature has provided in the he most beautiful manner a covering i of the spaces between een the tree trees I with shrubs flowers and grasses ot of of every description natural natura to their environments and climate makina making makin a complete landscape picture which every landscape architect should try and Is trying to imitate In landscaping Salt Lake City's and Utah's streets and country highways we should copy nat nature re reas as much as possible and in from fifteen to twenty-five twenty years from I now Salt Lake City will be classed with Washington and Paris and I if It now planted with skill and the I Iest pest best est landscape art wilt will not be the be-the the I second or third but can be made first as it has the best setting of 01 I the three cities with its beautiful I broad fine buildings and surrounding surrounding surrounding sur sur- I rounding natural landscape of ot mountains canyons and water The trees selected by your newly ap ap- appointed appointed pointed shade tree commission arc are undoubtedly the finest trees known for tor the work and with the exception exception tion of perhaps one or two other grand trees all trees planted should be confined to these varieties but the planting of trees in the landscape landscape landscape land land- scheme of of tho the city is only about one fourth of the work that should be done In order to make Salt Lake Cit City ThO Th Most Beautiful City in America Trees should be bo planted in m pairs in some places in clusters in other places and anel at other points possibly just one tree tree where the they would show to their best advantage when fully tully developed but not over oyer five I to the block blockon blockI or six such clusters on each side of the street should I be planted and between the trees in the parking spaces flowering I and foliage shrubs low 10 growing evergreen trees annuals and peren- peren I nials should be planted In great i quantities Trees should never be be planted where they might obstruct ct I Ithe the view of a beautiful natural scene or landscape nor in front of ofa ofa ofa I a beautiful home which has been landscaped landscape properly nor even in I front of a 0 beautiful building so that I visitors may have a a. clear view from they the street to every beautiful spot in In- Inthe the city Home Home flame Homeowners owners I imagine would also like liko to have a 0 cl clear clar ar view from their front porches To the street and at times possibly clear across the street if it there should happen to be a beautiful garden of flowers flowers flowers flow flow- ers trees and shrubs on the other side Out on the country highways highway's there may be spaces of a mU mile or two in length where no high growing growing growing grow grow- ing trees should be permitted to tobe tobe tobe I be planted from the fact of some I very beautiful natural scenes of I water or wooded landscape or beautiful beautiful beau beau- beau I farms There are some places around and near Salt Lake Lale City I where the trees should be planted so thick that you OU could not see daylight through them Such places are easily detected by men who know street landscaping The old style of street treet landscaping ing that of planting the same variety ia- ia of of tree all aU along the same street and of planting them Just 1 so 0 many feet apart all aU the way war through should bo be given proper If ItI by the s shade ade tree I commission before adopting any specific plan The rhe plan in my e estimation es es- is no not good landscape art and Is absolutely out of date and and does not fit ft in with the advanced I Imode mode of ot traveling through cities and j I country highways by auto instead i of on foot or by horse Where the 1 same variety of ot trees is is not Ranted r ron on one streetor street or 01 even on one block I harmony In selecting the different i species that will look well together is necessary The selection of ot low growing shrubs anti and flowers to plant j jin lin in the parking spaces between the I trees is much more simple matter I as there are hundreds of ot things that I II i I can be planted in these spaces that I I I I will look well the first and second second sec see ond year ear and can be changed easily if It not satisfactory but this cannot be done with trees as it takes from ten t td 1 twenty years to grow a nice looking tree and trees should be planted In such a way that no on one would ever want to chop them down for an any purpose at any time Such Suet flowers as petunias marigolds zinnias zinnias zinnias zin zin- nias roses and many other flowers and plants can be planted in those parking spaces by the tens of thousands and get results the first year jear ear fo very little money and ants labor Flowering and foliage shrubs pf Qt f many varieties and hardy perennials Will make a good showing showing showing show show- ing in two or more moie years and make good at once our boast that thai we h have have- haveThe The Most 1 Beautiful City In Am rica The question of creating a shade tree free commission for Salt Lake City was first taken up by the Progressive Progress Progress- ive Business Mens Men's club of ot which J JI 1 was a member and then b by the I chamber of ot commerce through the thc civic improvement committee ancI and anc andI I would suggest that in order to tc carry on the work to su successful completion that all aU civic organizations organizations j I in tho the city appoint shade hade 1 tree or landscape c committees an and have them as permanent committees commit commit- I tees Then start a campaign to tc carry out the plan adopted to make Salt Lake City The Most lost Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful ful City In n Am America rica a reality and anc get solidly behind the shade tree and landscape commission I have talked with the leading professional professional landscape artists of Salt Lake City Cit and they are aro willing to lend their time free of charge to this most worthy worth cause I Landscaping of the streets and andl l highways is only a small part of the work which should be done but if these civic organizations will WUll take up tip the matter and organize landscape committees it Is only one step from the landscaping of ot the highways s 's to the l landscaping of or allot all of ot the homes schools churches and nd public buildings in the cit city which should be done in order to compete complete com cent pete p the work and carry out the plan which yo you have has suggested so many times in your editorials Yours Tours truly ROBERT MILLER |