STREET TREE PLANTING.

Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 886, 26 February 1878, Page 3

STREET TREE PLANTING.

Sib. — The above subject has, more than once been advocated m your ooliunns as improvement to our township, and, as this idea of planting our streets, or, at any rate (to begin with), our main street, is one that would meet with the approval of nearly if not every ratepayer m the community, it is a pity that time is lost m putting it into execution. A single row of trees on each side of the road — say from St. Peter's Church, .down Victoriastreet, as far as the first dip m the road towards No. 1 Bridge — would give a most pleasing and picturesque appearance to the township, besides the chief benefits of shade and shelter. An avenue thus formed would make this now scorching walk m summer a delightfully shady promenade — m fact a Parisian Champs Elysees (on a Bmall scale)— and, m winter, a comparatively sheltered walk, instead of > the bleak, unprotected road it is at present. The cost of this very-desirable improve- ' ment would not be great, as after the first outlay there would be but little expense involved m keeping the iences m repair, and this only for a time, as, m a few years, the trees would not require fencing — the fences being replaced, here and there, with oircular seats. The success of this undertaking would greatly depend on the kind of trees selected, as is evidenced by the. partial failure of a similar attempt on the other side of the river, where, m many places, only small " shrubs " have been planted, and which will take a very long time to be useful m a shady point of view. Such trees as the cheunut, sycamore, lime, and witch-elm are of handsome growth, and would afford abundance of shade and shelter. If you i would, for the good of the township, bring this matter before the public, the Council may be induced to take it up without loss of time, particularly as the season of the year suitable for planting is approaching, tihould this idea be earned out, I do not hesitate to say that the inhabitants of Hamilton (especially young couples) m years to come, will bless the foresight of the present authorities m providing ;such an agreeable promenade for them.— l am, etc., i*BO Bono Publzqo. • Hamilton, Febl 20, 1878.