Chapter I: Front Matter

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

=BULLETIN No. 816=

Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry

Wm. A. Taylor, Chief

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Washington, D. C. January 19, 1920
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=STREET TREES=

By

=F. L. MULFORD, Horticulturist=

Office of Horticultural and
Pomological Investigations

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CONTENTS

Page

Importance of Shade Trees 1

Public Control of Street Trees 6

Planning for Trees on City Streets 8

Spacing Trees 9

Conditions for Tree Growth 10

Kinds of Trees Suitable for City Streets 14
Qualities Necessary 14
Trees for Different Regions 16
Trees for Special Purposes 20

Descriptions of Street Trees 20

Culture of Street Trees 43
Selection of Individual Trees 43
Preparation of Holes 44
Planting 45
Pruning 50
Stakes and Guards 51
Later Care 52

Care of Mature Trees 53
Pruning 53
Feeding 55
Spraying 55

WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1920

=BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.=

William A. Taylor, _Chief_.
K. F. Kellerman, _Associate Chief_.
James E. Jones, _Assistant to Chief_.
J. E. Rockwell, _Officer in Charge of Publications_.

Office of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations.

SCIENTIFIC STAFF.

L. C. Corbett, _Horticulturist in Charge_.

Truck Crop Production Investigations:

J. H. Beattie.
F. E. Miller.
C. J. Hunn.
B. J. McGervey.

Irish Potato Production Investigations:

William Stuart.
C. F. Clark.
W. C. Edmundson.
P. M. Lombard.
J. W. Wellington.
L. L. Corbett.

Truck Crop Improvement Investigations:

W. W. Tracy.
D. N. Shoemaker.

Landscape Gardening and Floriculture Investigations:

F. L. Mulford.
W. Van Fleet.

Bulb Culture Investigations:

David Griffiths.

Fruit and Vegetable Utilization Investigations:

J. S. Caldwell.
C. A. Magoon.
C. W. Culpepper.

Fruit Production Investigations:

H. P. Gould.
L. B. Scott.
C. F. Kinman.
George M. Darrow.
E. D. Vosbury.

Grape Production Investigations:

George C. Husmann.
Charles Dearing.
F. L. Husmann.
Elmer Snyder.
G. L. Yerkes.

Fruit Breeding and Systematic Investigations in Pomology:

W. F. Wight.
Magdalene R. Newman.

Fruit Improvement through Bud Selection:

A. D. Shamel.

Nut Investigations: