Thus we may have them in standing armies, tall and green, lining the streets, and overtopping the houses of our largest cities; filtering with their wholesome leafage the air breathed by the people.

New Haven and Cleveland are good specimens of beautifully-shaded towns.
There is a third circumstance in our favor as yet, and of no little value.

The grand old English oak and elm are magnificent trees, in park or hedge-row here.

The horse-chestnut, lime, beech and ash grow to a size that you will not see in America.

The Spanish chestnut, a larger and coarser tree than our American, reaches an enormous girth and spread.