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Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14144, 22 July 1916, Page 3

"Most of the streets in New Zealand; hayo a shockingly hare-appearance," j said Mr D. E. Rutchins, F.R.G:S., of South Africa, speaking before"tlie Council of Agriculture on the subject of tree-planting. "Some witty person has described their appearance as that of a j London suburb in the latitude of Spain. There is something in this criticism. They do" want trees so sadly. The streets are happilya full width, so there is 'plenty of space to turn them into the boulevards and beautiful streets of Southern Europe. Instead of this, : there-is -usually either a dreary expanse lof metalled sin-face or asphalt, or, in the more country towns, a track in the middle and- ,gras> and weed* at the sides. Trees would cost no r\ore than the wasted; metal, or the clearing away of the grass and weeds. It is,of course, advisable to j.Jant flowering -and--, leafshedding trees in streets, so as to-avoid dampness or' undue shade in winter."