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Street and Avenue Planting: Trees

LIST OF TREES FOR STREET AND AVENUE PLANTING A. TREES WHICH ARE ENTIRELY HARDY UNDER ALL CONDITIONS. This group contains the standard types of shade trees which can be planted under almost any condition of climate or soil, with some degree of assurance that they will develop an interesting normal habit of growth. This list may be termed "the ten best trees for general use in street and avenue planting," in city, suburban, and urban districts.

Acer saccharum Sugar Maple Quercus alba White Oak Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak Quercus rubra Red Oak Quercus velutina Black Oak Tilia euchlora Crimean Linden Tilia tomentosa Silver Linden Tilia vulgaris Common Linden Ulmus americana American Elm Ulmus glabra Scotch Elm B. TREES WHICH SHOULD BE SELECTED WITH A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY ARE TO BE USED. Before trees in this group are used, descriptive information of these types should be consulted in order to know that the soil conditions, exposure, climate, and width of streets are such that these trees will meet the requirements and develop a normal growth. Acer platanoides Norway Maple Ailanthus glandulosa Tree of Heaven Celtis occidentalis Nettle Tree Fraxinus (in variety) Ash Tree Ginkgo biloba Maidenhair Tree Ulmus campestris English Elm Liquidambar styraciflua Sweet Gum Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Tree Platanus orientalis Oriental Plane Phellodendron amurense Chinese Cork Tree Quercus palustris Pin Oak C. TREES WHICH SHOULD SELDOM BE USED ON STREETS. Many trees are selected for street planting, either because they are the easiest trees to grow or the tree which can be obtained with the least difficulty and expense. Such trees are a future liability to the community and they should never be planted except for some important reason, such as the impossibility of obtaining other types. They are adapted to specimen use rather than to street use.

Acer saccharinum Soft Maple Acer negundo Box Elder Aesculus hippocastanum Common Horse-chestnut Betula (in variety) Birch Catalpa (in variety) Indian Bean Gleditsia triacanthos Honey Locust Platanus occidentalis American Plane Populus eugenei Carolina Poplar Robinia pseudacacia Black Locust Salix (in variety) Willow Sorbus aucuparia European Mountain Ash