SB 436 .N6 1916 Copy 1 'SB 436 N6 1916 'Copy 1 " KNOW YOUR CITY " TREES Photo by J. K. HiUers, 1913. A Woodland Vista Come to Town North Sixth Street (North from Sussex Avenue) Presented to the children of Newark by the Board of Education and the Shade Tree Commission. Prepared by Carl Bannwart, Secretary of the Shade Tree Com- mission. ARBOR DAY. NINETEEN SIXTEEN ROUNDING UP OUR TREES We object to having the trees left out. If this is to be a jubilee year for the people of Newark, we propose that the trees also shall be feted. They were here first — they held their ground through all the city's changes and there are more of them more beloved by more people at this time than ever. Yes, the trees should be celebrated. We can "put this over" if the children of Newark help. What do we want? We want pictures — we are crying for pictures — photo- graphs of trees in blossom, in fruit ; photographs of trees with foliage and without; trees in yards, trees on streets, perfect trees and crippled trees; the roots of trees, bark of trees, varying characteristics of trees, the trees as they look celebrating Lincoln's Birthday, Fourth of July, Columbus Day and Christmas. We want pictures — we are crying for pictures. What We Propose to Do? This is a big job. We can't do it unless the teachers and boys and girls help. Will })ou help? Will you get your cameras ready to take these snapshots of our tree neighbors? We intend to publish a pamphlet containing the best descriptions and the best photographs, together with the names of the pupils who forward them and the schools to which they belong. Thus we will have a directory of the trees of the city. "Hello, 'Information,' what's the number of the big Plane, Military Park?" "The big Plane is 'Circumference' 13 party DK." See? "Thank you. Central! 'The voice with a smile wins'." What You Can Do? We want the pedigree of the tree, too ; the age, the height, the circumference, the diameter; when the tree is in blossom and when in fruit ; when the leaves come out in the Spring and drop in the Autumn ; and where the tree is located, street and number. If in a park, give name of park and exact location of tree therein. If you know a good quotation that fits the tree or an interesting incident, send that too. What does your favorite poet think of trees — your favorite painter? You will find that every great and good man loved trees. See what Washington and Lincoln, Columbus, Gladstone, Garibaldi and Bismarck, Gifford Pinchot and Theodore Roosevelt thought or think of trees. If you do not know the name of a good specimen tree, write us the precise location and we will name it for you. 0. Of D. AUG 15 1916 ^ b <^%(p k> If you have a photograph of a noteworthy Iree, send it with a letter to the Shade Tree Commission, City Hall, Newark, N. J. There are seven particulars we would like to have: (1) a photo- graph, (2) precise location, (3) common name, (4) height, (5) spread of crown, (6) diameter, and (7) circumference of trunk four feet above the ground. If you can give us all the particulars mentioned in paragraph four on page two of this leaflet we would welcome them. Here is a sample letter: 398 11th Street, Newark, N. April 14. 1906. J-. Dear Shade Tree Commission: I enclose a photograph of a tree in our street. This map shows you just where it is. w NAME OP 0. T R.EE T Z < z TfcEE HV HOOiE I live at 398 11th Street, a few doors south of Central Avenue, and the tree is in front of our side yard. It is a maple tree, about ft. high, the head is about ft. wide, and flattened on the east side because, I suppose, there used to be a house on the lot. The trunk, four feet above ground, is ft. in diameter and ft. in circumference. This tree is handsomer than anv tree for many blocks. It bears blossoms in the Spring and keys in the Summer. One of the keys was inches long. Its leaves give a speckled shade. It was planted by my father in 1893. If you ever want to take a census of Newark's birds, I can send you some figures as to the population of our maple tree, together with some facts as to the characters of the families. Yours for the Tree Census, John Brown, So. 8th St. School. Then let us join hands to compile this directory of the trees of Newark before Christmas Day, 1916. Here's a long life to "Note- worthy Trees of Newark. Listed by the children of the Public Schools of Newark, in the Quarto-Millenial Year. A labor of love for the Trees entered upon on Arbor Day, April 14, 1916." NEWARK SHADE TREE COMMISSION. 1 NOTEWORTHY I. TREES OF HISTORIC INTEREST Common and Botanic Name LofcATlON Reported by School Height 1 American Elm Ulmus Americana Belleville Elm Military Park Opp. East Park St. Frank L. Driver Lawrence St. ,' 2 American Elm Ulmus Americana East of Belleville Ave. Opp. Car Barns Robert Burns Eliot a Shagbark Hickory Carya Ovata Centennial I,inden 95 Clinton Ave. Louis V. Aronson Old Clinton 4 American Linden Tilia Americana Doane Memorial Oak Parker St. See Abington Ave. Daniel Noonan b Red Oak Quercus Rubra lyincoln Park N. E. of Drinking Fount. James A. Berry Newark High 6 "Vanderpool Memorial Oak" Red Oak Quercus Rubra Branch Brook Park Clifton Ave., opposite Nesbit St. Alonzo Church Newark Academy 7 White Oak Quercus Alba 401 Mt. Prospect Ave. George Matthews Summer Ave. 8 Plane (Buttonwood) Platanus Occidentalis Military Park Opp. New St. Charles G. Titsworth Market St. 9 Plane Platanus Occidentalis Washington Park Opp. Halsey St. Marcus L. Ward U. S. Grant 10 Tulip Tulipifera Liriodendron 438 Ridge St. Susan Hayes Ward Lucy Larcum 11 Black Walnut Doane Park B. M. Shanley, Jr. Washington St. Juglans Nigra II. TREES OF SPECIAL BOTANIC INTEREST (a) Street Trees and Park Trees (Individual) COMMON & BOTANIC COMMON & BOTANIC NAME LOCATION NAME LOCATION 12 Ailanthus 32 New St. 29 Maidenhair Tree 78 Sixth St. Ailanthus Glandu- 30 Sour Gum Branch Brook Park — losa Nyssa Sylvatica Ablugtou av. entr. 13 " 159 Plane St. 31 Sweet Gum 14 White Ash Military Park Liquidambar Styra- Branch Brook Park — Fraxinus Americana cifli.ra Hiillantiue pkwy entr. 15 Washington Park 32 " " Willuughby st. 16 Copper Beech White Terrace 33 Hemlocks Tiffany blvd. riv. bank Pagus Atropurpurea Tsuga Canadensis 17 " 368-422 Mt. Prospect av. 34 Horse Chestuut Military Pk. nr. Trinity 18 Catalpa Military Park Aesculus Hippocas- Catalpa speeiosa tanum 19 "Lebkuecher Elms" 160 Clinton av. 35 American Linden Military Park American Elm Tilia Americana Ulmus Americana 36 Tilia Americana Washington Park 20 Ill Court St. 37 Tilia Americana 85 Cliuton av. 21 757 High St. 38 Tilia Americana 37 Lincoln Park 22 776 High St. 39 Silver Linden North 7th st. 23 107 Emmett st. Tilia Argentea 24 Heller Parkway M) Ilouey Locust 112 2d av. 25 "Old Bloomfield Rd." Gleditsia Trian- 26 English Elm 333 Mt. Prospect av. canthos Ulmus Campestris 41 Box Elder 27 Weeping Elm 1st av. c. 4th St. Ash-leaved Maple 227 So. 16th St. Ulmus Americana Acer Neguudo 28 Maidenhair Tree 215 Mt. Prospect av. 42 Norway Maple 921 So. 15th St. Ginkgo Acer Platanoides Salisburia biloba 43 '* ** 57 Park av. * That exacting mentor, Space, allows this list to show but comparatively few out of all the trees deserving special mention. The list was compiled at the last moment in response to some belated requests. Of course all possible care was exercised; nevertheless, in the short time available for preparation, inaccuracies may have crept in. We shall welcome all correc- tions. TREES OF NEWARK 5 c„^™j „* ■ Circumf. 1 Diameter When in Blossom? When in Fruit? 1 Crown of Trunk | of Trunk Four ft. above ground Planted Quotation or Incident By Whom Planted Photo Taken? Summer 1908 1828 Summer 1911 1876 Summer 1911 1907 1903 1840 COMMON & BOTANIC COMMON & BOTANIC NAME LOCATION NAME LOCATION 44 Norway Maple 21 Poinier st. 63 Persimmon Bergen nr Chancellor av 45 " 750 Clinton av. Girard Diospyros Virginiana pl. side 64 " " 400 ft. w. of Park av. 46 " Parker st., Bfld.-2d avs. entr. to Br. Bk. Pk. 47 Red Maple Orange Park 65 " " 576 Summer av., Chea- Acer Rubrum ter-El wood avs. 48 •' Cth St. c. 6th av. 66 Plane 49 " X\0 Roseville av. Platanus Ccciden- 50 " Sanford nwc. Abbotsf'd talis 401 Plane st. 51 Rock Maple Mt. Prospect av. e. s. 67 Carolina Poplar 396 Clinton av. Acer Saccharum Populus deltoides 52 " Washington Park var. Carolinensis 53 Mulberry Military Park Morus alba HH " " 44 No. 6th St. 54 " S Richmond st. 69 " " 358 Park av. 55 Pin Oak Court St. 70 " " So. 10th. 13th-S. O. avs. Quercus palustrls 71 Lombardy Poplar Belmont av. w. s. nr. 56 " Heller pkwy nr. Grafton Waverly av. 57 .Madison av. ns. 16-17 72 Tulip 306 Sanford av. 58 " Sec, Maple & Chancellor Liriodendron Tulipi- 59 White Oak Hawthorne op. Reeves fera Quercus alba 73 " " Summer pl. op. school 60 Osage Orange Weequahic Pk. opp. 74 Bl.ick Walnut Chancellor nr. Bergen Toxylon pouiferum Weequahic av. Juglans ulsra 61 Paulownia Impe- 75 Weeping Willow Playeeld Section, rialls ■"71 Warren st. Salix Babylonica Branch Brook Park 62 " 211 So. Orange av. 76 Clark's Isld., Br. Bk. Pk. k (b) Yard Trees COMMON & BOTANIC NAME LOCATION COMMON & BOTANIC NA.ME LOCATION 77 White Ash 2d av., Clifton aT.- 00 Magnolia 109 Clinton av. Frasinus Americana Ridge St. M. Soulangeana 78 American Beech 1-16 -Jd av. 97 Magnolia 56 Ahington av. Fagus ferni;;luea M. stcllMta (Ward l>t.) 79 Copper Beech Mt. Prospect av. 98 Magnoli.i (cucumber^ Clinton av. nwc. 20th st Fagus Atropurpurea .1. Wm. Clark Est. M. acuminata 80 Clinton av. llth-lith sts. 99 '* ** So. 18th St. nr. 11th av. 81 1-U Sti-atford pi. 100 Sycamore Maples Clifton av. n. of 2d av. 82 Cut-leaf Beech Nwc. May st. & Lincoln Pseudo-platanus Fagus querlcoldes av. 101 " " Seymour av. nwc. Haw- 83 Cut -leaf Birch 328 Parker st. thorne av. Betula alba 102 Pin Oak 368 Clinton av. 84 Box 353 Broad st. Quercus palustrls Buxus sempervlrens 103 White Oak 472 Uidge st. 85 Catalpa 119 Milford av. Quercus alba CatMlpa speciosa 104 Paulowuia Impe- Mt. Prospect av. 86 Wild Cherry 2d av. n. side w. of rialis J. Wm. Clark Est. Pruiuis serntina Parker st. 105 " " So. Orange av. 87 Keufy Coffee Tree -19 Washington st. 106 H It 277 Mt. Prospect av. Gyninix-ladus diviea 107 Paw paw Pine Grove ter. in gully 88 Flowering Dogwood Madison av. nwc. So. Asimina triloba Cornus tlorida ICtb St. 108 Pine Summer av. & Carteret 89 Bald Cypress Demarest St., Haw- Pinus strobus St.. Sec. Taxodium distlchum tliorne-Nye avs. 109 Plane Bragaw av. nee. Dem- 90 American Elm 105 Bergeu st. Plata uus Occlden- arest St. (vac. lot) tJlmus Americana talis 91 English Elm Nursery St., Wakeman- 110 Lomhardy Poplar Nee. Clinton av. & Uluius eampestria Snmmer avs. Populus nigra Halsey st. 92 Evergreens Chancellor av., Ward in " Halsey St. east side Estate 112 Sassafras Heller parkway. Lake 93 Ginkgo Lincoln av. e. Elwood Sassafras officinale st.-De< !ra w av. Salisliurla biloba av. iChurch) 113 Tulips 475 Mt. Prospect av. 94 Hickory Nee. Mt. Prospect av. & Liriodendron Tulip- Carya Ovata Arlington av. steps ifera 95 Honey Locust Normal School c. Belle- 114 " " Triton ter. Gledltchia trlancan- ville & 4th avs. thos _ 115 White Birches 2d av. n. of Ridge st. i 125 Horse Chestnuts 102 Milford av. Betula popullfolia 120 American Lindens Clinton pi., Renner- 116 " " 3d av., Mt. Prospect- I Tilia Americana Lvous avs. Cliftou avs. ,127 " " Highland a v. n. of Ab- 117 American Elms Bathgate pi. ington av. Ulmus Americana 128 Magnolias Goldsmith av. nr. Clin- 118 " " Alpine st. M. Soulangeana var. ton pi. 119 Elwood-Summcr-Lincoln speciosa avs. 129 Norway Maples Schley St., Hawthorne- 120 " " No. 5th nr. Sussex av. Acer Platanoides Nye avs. 121 Meeker av., Elizabeth- Freliughuysen avs. 130 Red Maples Roseville av., 6th-7th avs. 122 " " 3d av.. Belleville-Mt. 131 " " 6th St. nr. Roseville av. Prospect avs. 132 " " S. 11th St. nr. Gould av 123 Horse Chestnuts Alpine St., .Johnson- 133 Silver Maples Lincoln av. Aesculus Hippocas- Elizabeth avs. Acer saceharinum tanum 134 Planes Montgomery av. near 124 Howard St., So. Orange- av. -Warren st. 1 Platauus Occiden- talis Cliuton av. (d) Trees (and shrubs) in many varieties and of all ages, sizes, etc. The City Parks and Parkways, including Washington, Lincoln, Military, Liberty Square and twenty-five other small plots. (Lincoln Park was planted in about 1862.) The County Parks, including Branch Brook, Weequahic, East Side, West Side, Riverbank Parks. These are under the care of the Essex County Park Com- mission. The Cemeteries — Mt. Pleasant, Fairmount, Woodland. Extensive, well- planted private grounds, the Banister Estate, Roseville Avenue, the Peck Estate, the Clark Estate, Mt. Prospect Avenue, the Holzhauer Estate, Sec. High and Spruce Streets, the Halsey Estate, Sec. Mt. Prospect and Second Avenues, Nurseries. CLASS III. YOUNG PLANTINGS (A few of the streets planted by the Shade Tree Commission — these can usually be distinguished by the tree guard and stake.) NORWAY MAPLES Summer Ave. — Sp. 1905 Garside St.— F. 1906 Nairn PI.— Sp. 1907 Miliington Ave.— Sp. 1907 North 2nd St.— Sp. 1908 North 3rd St.— Sp. 1908 and 1911 North 4th St.— Sp. 1907 and 1914 North 5th St.— Sp. 1907 and 1909 North 6th St.— Sp. 1908 and 1911 North 7th St.— Sp. 1908 and 1915 South 6th St.— Sp. 1907 South 7th St.— F, 1906 South 8th St.— F, 1905 and Sp. 1911 South 9th St.— F. 1906 South 10th St.— Sp. 1907 and 1909 ORIENTAL PLANES Waverly Ave.— Sp. 1907 Sussex Ave.— Sp. 1908 14th Ave.— F. 1907 and Sp. 1914 Dickerson St.— Sp. 1908 South Orange Ave. ELMS Clinton Ave.— Sp. 1905 Fairmount Ave. — Sp. 1906 Littleton Ave. — Sp. 1906 Elizabeth Ave.— Sp. 1908 Meeker Ave.— Sp. 1908 RED AND PIN OAKS Mt. Prospect Ave.— Sp. 1906 Fabyan PI.— Sp. 1909 Ridge St.— Sp. 1909 LINDENS Wainwright St.— Sp. 1910 GINKGOS East Kinney St.— Sp. 1905 Astor St.— Sp. 1907 Emmett St.— Sp. 1907 HORSE CHESTNUTS Shaw Ave.— Sp. 1911 TULIPS Hillside Ave.— Sp. 1908 Seymour Ave.— Sp. 1909 BOLLEANA POPLARS Tichenor St.— F. 1906 LOMBARDY POPLARS Pennington St.— Sp. 1908 Fulton St.— F. 1906 ASH-LEAVED MAPLES Arlington Ave.— F. 1907 Wakeman Ave.— F. 1907 Within the limits of Newark we have thoroughfares, bordered with all that is rich in plant life gathered from every quarter of the globe. In these and in our environs, the Oranges, and Montclair, may be seen rare landscape effects; choicest plants arranged in exquisite setting, unfolding their seasonal succession of varying blooms. Within a few miles from Newark's center the student of botany may study the life histories of all the trees, shrubs, and flowers capable of thriving in the temperate zone. There is, then, no reason why any Essex County boy or girl, man or woman, may not view the very best in the plant kingdom; one thing only can hinder, and that is to walk through our streets and parks with shut eyes — or shut heart. Photo Sunday Call, June 1913. ALONG THE COOI,, SEQUKSTERED, SHADED WAY. Third Avenue— Maples and Elms Planted Some Thirty Years Ago. If r We 1:.. m^i Compare these two pictures. Would you care to live in a world without trees? What if some wicked sprite with power malign should go through this street some summer night when all good people were asleep in bed ; and what if that sprite with a wave of his wand should transform these trees to sheep and send them scurrying in fear, far, far from this their habitat? And in the morning when the sleepers awoke, behold the street wan and ashamed in its nakedness, denuded of its trees, degraded and abased ! How would })ou feel about it? Wouldn't you feel then, as never before, what a blessing and a boon these trees had been? "Blessings brighten as they take their flight," you know. Be wise and appreciate your blessings while they're yet with you. Enjoy these trees and thank the Divine Planter for them. Be thankful for these and for all trees. And not only "be ye thankful" for the trees but have a care for them. Certainly, city trees need care. They are not living the simple life of their cousins in the country, but the artificial life of the town; and so they need the townsman's care. Moreover, they're entitled to the townsman's care. For him they bloom and blossom; for him they give their shade; for him they clothe the humdrum man-made street in beauty. Deal thou toward them with like kindness, that thy reward may be with thee, even the reward of upreared trunks and spreading boughs and leafy crowns and streets umbrageous and lawns bedecked and grace-girt homes. Look at the page following; and let the picture tell what comes of Caring for Trees. See that fine Elm on the next page — also its neighbor trees. These trees have been "cared for." 10 Photo J. K. Millers, 1914. The I,ebkuecher Elm — 160 Clinton Avenue. About Seventy-five years young. How shall you care for trees? Well, for one thing, the roots need air and water; these are vital essentials. The trees can't get these unless the ground surface at the base is kept bared. Think of a walk concreted or flaggd close up to the trunk of a tree! Torture! How would you like to be compelled on a hot summer's day to have your lovely neck encased in a collar made of concrete, a tight fit, too, and pressing on your windpipe, your Adam's apple? What? Why, you'd surely be heard from. No; you wouldn't, either. You wouldn't have breath enough to peep. And I'd like to see you try to drink a glass of water under the circumstances; you'd just gag and choke. No breath of air or drop of water for you till that tight-fit concrete, granite collar was removed. And so it is, be assured, with the trees. Now, it may be that you young people can have nothing to do directly in this matter of main- taining enough bared space at the bases of the trees; but you can help by bringing your influence to bear and by preaching the gospel of "Caring for the Trees." AMERICAN ELM {Ulmus Americana) A flowering branch. A flower. Vertical section of a flower. A stamen, front and rear views. Vertical section of a pistil. An ovule, magnified. C. .>. ^>argcnt. A fruiting branch 8. Vertical section of a fruit. 9. A seed. 10. Vertical section of a seed. 11. An embryo. 12. A summer branch. 13. A winter branch. Another thing. And in this you can act directly. Keep the soil about your tree well loosened. The benefits to the tree are many. Among other things, it helps the air to get to the roots. Remember, the roots musl have air, and plenty of it. Then, especially in dry, hot w^ealher, water the soil bountifully. For the roots musl have water, too, remember. Air and Water — Air and Water — Air and Water; do you get it? Well, hold on to it. As old Cap'n Cuttle would say, "Make a note on't, and act accordin'." See that ])our tree, at least, has its proper amount of air and water; and try, tactfully of course, to bring about the same happy existence for other trees. 12 AND THE TREE SPAKE AND SAID: I am a tree. I am the handiwork of the Creator. I am here by His appointment. I am for the service of His creatures, chiefly man. From man's entrance into the world until his departure out of it I am his servant and benefactor. I make the cradle wherein his infancy is rocked and the staff whereon his age doth lean. I build the home wherein his loved are sheltered; I make his hearth to glow with cheerful flame. I build his schools and churches, his hos- pitals and asylums. I build the places of assembly where he fore- gathers in fellowship with his kind. On land and sea man needeth me. I build the ships that sail his seas, the boats that navigate his rivers, the vehicles that traverse his highways. I carry him hither and yon and bring to his door the products of all climes. I build his depots and his bams, his storehouses and his granaries, his marts of commerce and exchange. In all the myriad ways in which lumber is of use I am of service unto man. I am to man for beauty, shade and shelter; for warmth and coolness; for fresh air and living water; for food and health and wealth and larger life. That's me — I am a tree. HONEY LOCUST— SECOND AVENUE, COR. CLIFTON. Photo New York Botanical Gardens. a. A statninate or sterile flower. d. A fruit. b. A perfect flower. e. A seed. c. Vertical section of a pistil, showing seeds. f. An embryo. Have you an eye for form, for beautiful outlines and delicate traceries? Look at the pictures on pages II, 15 and 1 7. Here are lines of grace, surely, and tracings of a fairy hand — nay, of a Divine hand. How beautiful is God! How beautiful are all His works! But we're showing these pictures not for beauty's sake alone, but also because they are instructive. Study them. The study will awaken desire to know more, and yet more, about trees. The more you come to know of trees, the more you'll come to love them. And whatsoever you truly love, you take care of without urging. If you want to know more about trees (and more about how to "care for " them) perhaps the Shade Tree Commission could arrange with your principal to give you lectures on the subject from time to time. > w J3 D :2; w j3 > ■*"* < >. a H n u 1 w PL, rn t/j K u W « ptl H H 1^ ^ 1 K «J ( ; 00 « •< .„ c^ H u < U< -1-; RED OAK {Qtiercus Rubra). C. S. Sargent. A flowering branch. A staminate flower. A stamen, front and rear view. A pistillate infloresence. A pistillate flower. C. Pistillate flower, involucre removed. 7. Vertical section of a pistillate flower before fecundation. 8 & 9. A leaf. On pages 14 and 16, see other pictures of trees in rows. The Maples of Ridge Street, the Oaks of Mt. Prospect Avenue, comparatively new plantings. See when they were set out or planted and when these pictures were taken. How old were they? Haven't they grown well? Do you see that strip of sod in which the trees are set — that strip between walk and curb, running the length of the block? We call that a "Tree Bell." That has aided the thrift of these trees immensely. No need to go into minute explanation of the "how" and "why" of this. A little reflection on your part will show how and why. Remember what we said just now about Air and Water. Think it out. And get in line for Tree Belts; praise Tree Belts; practice Tree Belts. 18 Photo MacBride 1915. THE TIDES OF LIFE FLOW ON, FLOW ON Military Park — To and from the "Tube." A stranger coming into Newark for the first time, and coming by the "Tube," gets his first impression of the town from Mihtary Park, as in the picture on page 18. According to the proverb, "First impres- sions are the most lasting." How nice then to give "the stranger enter- ing within our gates" so pleasant a first impression of Newark. WHY SHADE TREES? BECAUSE Trees make for Beauty, Shade, Coolness and Health. A City of Beauty, Shade, Coolness and Health attracts new residents. So trees make for growth in property values. Trees put a bit of God's country into your street. Trees make your home more homelike; and this is better than fine gold. A City of homelike homes is a city beloved. Which is another way of saying: trees make for civic patriotism. NEWARK SHADE TREE COMMISSION. Photo Carl Bannwart, March 1915. When Winter Spreads His Robe of White on Ballantine Parkway. LIBRfiRY OF CONGRESS Photo Kuglcr Park Scene in Winter. Just one more picture to greet you. See it here. Winter in Branch Brook Park. The Snow King here on all things round hath spread his raiment white and glistering. How much the effect of this charming scene depends on that tree in the foreground and those in the middle distance. Imagine these trees taken out of the picture; what a breach that would make in its beauty! So, trees are not only beautiful in themselves, but the cause of beauty in other things. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 000 925 648 9 •