Show BOER ometah thelma TO y heipt IM tea STREETS ALL TOO NARROW property laid out they should oe be parkway Park ways lined with tree trees and mje masses of shrubbery Shrub tery when ahall shall we get down to a senst blo system of wide streets and ave cues flues and obtain parkways of sufficient width so abat we may avoid straight libba of trees and bave have real parkways filled with groups of trees and masses of shrubbery 9 borne some of the streets of towns and village villages thickly planted to tall strict growing trees afford one no bro brokker jer view views than obtainable in a dee deel canyon there Is no question but we plant street tree trees arv thickly and too often gain after a lapse ot of years a roofless rootless tunnel of green such streets shut out lovely rural views mountain alovis vions or coastal outlook outlooks that should cons constitute const tute the chief attraction tion to the district street planting like garden planting should always be bo done with the outlook in view the distant prospect of earth sky mountain I 1 or eel sei with wide parkways we may havo have our walks in long swee sweeping ping slight but graceful curves pausing passing first to the right and tatu to the left of 0 trees clumps or shrubbery they would then bo be narrow parks or park ings ne e would in this manner over come the harsh monotonous street lines and both driver and be treated to an art over eyer changing seen instead of living tenpin alloys all res indence cites abutting would be en in to alue if it we followed this natural method of street planting never an exact duplication to be found in any single mile of it then indeed would art MUST HAVE NATURAL BEAUTY frequently meadows in parks that might do maue made attractive Attract ice are spoiled the designer of a par should as proper places for sundry thim for a variety of purposes and must meet many limitations and practical requirements always with the beauty of the whole as well as of the parti parts in mind a all tho the prime consideration for instance it a meadow is to be b provided as a prominent land landscape scapa feature because of its usefulness lor for strolling and for or field ports sports it mint must constantly bo be borno in mind that the beauty of a Ille meadow adow consists con in it iti breadth and ara simplicity in its atu continuous sward award and in its naturalness many any things are done to a park meadow in direct con contravene traven lion tion of these obvious 6 its breadth Is broken by conspicuous drives ui au I 1 walks its simplicity Is mined ruined by rower beds its greensward Is injured by excessive tramping or by chort cut allowed to be worn in U it and its naturalness Is de do strayed by grading it to a Cat fatness ness not characteristic of the surrounding top topography or by harth harsh obvious artificial turf terraces or by planting regular rows ot of trees along ltd its borders attractive villages writing of the necessity for neat mesa in premises as a requisite for attractive villages willlam NIl V llam mor ris says saw still adre more Is this nr cestary blohn liness and decency everywhere in III the cottage aa an well AS an in the palace th lak of that Is a perlous piece vt of man ners nets for us to correct that lack and t all the inequalities d of life and the h heaped heape dup up thoughtlessness thoughtless nesa and flior der of so many centuries that cause it and as ct et it in 1 only a very tow men who have begun to think about a remedy for it in its widest range greens pault grower who he was brainerd II 11 barnor amr n big real estate e operator of washington gave a reception not long ago aco and invited to the many of tho the most prominent men late in the evening he approached his friend rudolph kauffmann with this plaint rudoph rudolph who Is that distinguished looking chap firer there by the door I 1 ought to speak to him but I 1 cant recall his name I 1 ive ve seea seen LIM often go right ahead and speak to him said mr kauffmann KauB roann it will bt all right lies iles the caterer caterers I 1 a beati wait er the sunday magazine arbor day planting I 1 Pt Pl acting arting la in city parks on an arbor day hould should bo be stopped for it la in worse than useless and Is always frowned upon by our park superintendents and plants men oar school grounds are fit subjects for the enthusiasm of 0 arbor day planters for bere bore trees ar are always needed and this work 4 be to ti terille audiences for seldom Is arbor duy planting properly done aone exchange |