Roadside trees.

Abstract

The origins of the first town and village trees are obscure. :Perhaps a few were remnants of natural forests which were caught up in the spread of the streets but probably most of them were the result of deliberate planting. We know that the fashion of formal lines of evenly spaced trees bordering private avenues was popular in France and other continental countries during the seventeenth century and it seems likely that it was brought to England by Le Notre who was employed by Charles I in improving the royal estates...