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Title: Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: New York (State). Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)

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es would be too expensive to operate oncountry roads. The white or silver maples have been attacked by insects lately, bothin the Adirondack forests and in the village streets. The horse chestnuts have beendefoliated, also; and it may be that other species of trees will be attacked in time. There are some forest trees which are not adapted to roadside planting, becausethey assume a different form when grown in the open, the branches growing lowerdown, and the trunk failing to reach its usual height, although it may attain a largediameter. For this reason, the birches, especially the yellow birch, are not desirablefor shade trees or roadside use. Nut-bearing trees, the chestnut, butternut, and the hickories, are available forhighway planting They are handsome, large trees, each species having peculiaritiesof habit that makes it worth the notice of an observant traveler. Their branches maysuffer from boys in quest of nuts; but that is very liable to happen whereverthese trees may stand.
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FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 357 In some European countries the roads are lined with fruit trees. But there it iswell understood that the fruit, though it overhangs the highway, belongs to the farmer,whose property is respected accordingly. In this country, where such widely different, ideas prevail, it would be necessaryto concede the travelers right in case fruit trees were planted along or within theright of way. Street planting. There are many good reasons why trees should be planted incities and villages. During the hot days of summer the streets which are shaded bytrees are preferred to those which are not. The temperature is much lower. As thepavements are not exposed to the glare of the sun, there is less of reflected heat. Thestreets that are lined with shade trees are more attractive to the eye; their superiorityis readily apparent when compared with streets on which there are no trees. Shadedstreets are cooler and more desirable for residences; and, other things being equal

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