Street Trees :: F. L. MULFORD, Horticulturist

F. L. MULFORD, Horticulturist

Office of Horticultural and
Pomological Investigations

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	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:

C. A. Reed.
E. R. Lake.

Fruit and Vegetable Storage Physiology:

L. A. Hawkins.
R. C. Wright.
J. R. Magness.
J. F. Fernald.

Extension Work (in cooperation with States Relations Service):
W. R. Beattie.
C. P. Close.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
	BULLETIN No. 816 Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief

Washington, D. C.

January 19, 1920

STREET TREES.

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