Third report of the Commission on Beautifying the City of Norfolk, Virginia : July 1913-July 1915 (1915)
Norfolk, Va. Commission on Beautifying the City · [Norfolk, Va. : The Commission · leaf 24
ow,could not endure the change, and so had to be eliminated fromthe list of desirable trees that could endure city hie; notablyamongst this list are the silver maple and the magnolia, therebeing but few sursivors of the latter, for hundreds that wereoriginally planted in sections of our city, and… … WETSOVER AVE., AN AVENUE OF PIN OAKS. Comparing the normal life of a tree with a tree surroundedby city improvements, one can readily see what extraordinarycare is required to enable plant life to grow at all under suchabnormal conditions. Normally, the roots of the tree extendoutward from the…
Trees · City planning
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