The Republican

STATE TO FURNISH TREES FOR ROADSIDE PLANTING

Organizations Must Be Responsible and Comply With Rules

The State Department of Forestry, in order to establish suitable demonstrations of roadside planting throughout the State, is offering to furnish free trees to organizations or responsible individuals for such planting under the following conditions:

The planting must extend for not less than one quarter of a mile on both sides of an improved highway, the trees to be spaced not less than 40 or more than 100 feet apart on each side.

Trees must be planted within the public right-of-way, and far enough from the edge of the paved highway to meet the requirements of the road authorities.

The consent of abutting property owners must be secured for such planting.

The trees available for roadside planting include white ash, green ash, honey locust, tulip poplar, Oriental plane, cypress, and catalpa. They are furnished at the College Park Nursery, on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard, or f. o. b. railroad shipping point. The applicant must pay the transportation charges. supply the labor for planting the trees, provide at least one guard stake for each tree, and then must give reasonable assurance that the trees will be properly cared for after planting. The Forestry Department, in addition to furnishing the trees, will supervise the planting.

Applications will be filed in the order received and trees furnished to those who comply with the conditions, where it is found by the Department upon examination of the locality that planting is practicable. Application blanks are at the Department of Forestry, 1411 Fidelity Building, Baltimore, Maryland.