| Show THE TREES OF washington Mani acut isalt of at ar at it tho the fed federal I 1 capital in no lity in ILL the united states and perhaps in the tha world has haa arboriculture us as a means ot of urban embellishment been liean more intelligently employed sandwith more gratifying results than in washington the favorable spring weather lias has developed all the natural beauties of oc tile e holes choice selection of deciduous and evergreen trees tree ft and shrubs which beautify riot not only tho the great parts parks squares und lind circles of 0 the tha capital but the crall lines of 0 the broad avenues sweep u up P in beautiful ranges of vision towards the massive public edifices or form magold cent giatas along streets busy with tile the activities of 0 trade the tha weilt 0 tile the parking commission under tho the of tho the municipal government beg began an in ill 1972 thus affording fourteen years ears of P r adrical test ot of tho the sagacity of their plans arid and tile fruits fruita ot of their libor labor washington even in this brief space Bur surpasses Passes paris vienna or Bei berlia lintn in tile tha number variety varkey arid and beauty of its trees freoa in tile commencement rommon cement of 0 their work the hie commission selected trees poss possessing eRsing stateliness find and symmetry of growth expansive foliage cally caily spring verdure lind and autumnal variety ot of colors in order to secure a reliable and abundant supply of 0 tile best varieties and healthiest growth for the future ia a propagating 9 garden was waa also established in one of tho the publio parks occupied by the tha penal and reformatory institutions of the p aliby which now contains trees of the ilia varieties used in indifferent different 0 f growth grow ali from seed to tour four and he five years tile tha returns or the superintendent and lila his assistants aisi report trees along tho curb lines of the tha avenues arid and streets mad and ringing ranging from five to twenty five yea years growth which includes tile ON old trees ot of common varieties gere generally rally cot ton wooda woods which were mere standing when tile systematic arboricultural arbor cultural adornment B of f the tha capital began bagan the numb I 1 elated does doea not embrace tile the distio groupings mad groves of trees in ill the a acres of beautiful public parks of oatho the city soma idea may be formed of the extent of the tha lines of trees now shading tile avenues and streets when it Is stated that if all t lie trees were here stretched ati etched out in ia two rows lows they would woula form an unbroken vista from washington jo 0 o baltimore philadelphia new and nearly half way to boston or it if in it a single row would reach from washington to within miloh of Ch chicago leAgo the llie annual plantings gs add from I 1 to 3 trees to tho the number of the tha rear before the tha varieties arle ties wl which ich have kea been found best a suited cited to streets are the llie tali ash catalpa co coffee afee cypress elm maid 0 ens 03 hair gum blum horse chestnut linden locust maple oaks popular sycamore tulip and willow according to lo 10 localities 0 all ties the plantings have also been made a do with proper regard for corta certain ill object objective ive features eat urta for instance the famous un td 16 dm den linden of berlin Is n less than a mile in length and now ilov more blein history than in reality uio the un IM den linden of the united tareq states la Is avenue this chia superb sweep of residences statues and fountains and even through I 1 sparsely ipar acly settled portions to its terminus on fin the banks of 0 the presents four miles of 0 vigorous and stately young lindena lindens twenty to thirty feet fee high thigh the connections with IN ath streets and avenues similarly planted will in a few years kinra give giva tho the unter den linden of it a circuit of twelve miles the other avenues and streets whether devoted to business or residence have also alao their characteristics of foliage the ra maples liples rod cat alpaa of pennsylvania avenue the shins olina ot of new jersey new dalip hir new york and Dela delaware war avenue the tulips tulipa ot of north and south capital capi ial tha meridian of tile tho united santes ilia via apples ot of lailand li and vermont Verni ont ay eaues anil and tile poplars of 0 virgia Virgl nii avenue give but a partial idea DC rif what the trees of 0 washington will mill add to the landscape effects acts of the tha nations capital pital in another decade washington C cor or philadelphia ladelphia times |
