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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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A Ckmiinted Cavity in an Ei.m Trke. 



A considerable amount of tree repair work similar 

 to this shown in the photograph has been done 

 on the trees along Seventli Avenue on Man- 

 hattan. A careful examinat'on of the work 

 shows that it has not been jiroperly done and a 

 large amount of money lias been exrende<l witli- 

 out bringing about the desired results. 



ated shall go into actual care and main- 

 tenance of trees and not to the creation 

 of office positions. In the field there 

 should be working under the Forester's 

 direction a sufficient number of ar- 

 boriculturists to handle the different 

 branches of the work of this depart- 

 ment. For instance, in Brooklyn, there 

 is at the present time an arboriculturist 

 for the parks and two for the streets of 

 the city. These three arboriculturists 

 in this case should be under the direc- 

 tion of the Forester, who could coordi- 

 nate and direct their work to bring 

 about the maximum results of their 

 efforts. The arboriculturist should be 

 a man filling his position through civil 

 service examination, and while his 

 knowledge and experience are not nec- 

 essarily as broad as that of the For- 

 ester, it should, however, be along sim- 

 ihir lines so that the arboriculturist may 

 work in harmony with the Forester and 

 intelligently execute the details of his 

 position. Under the arboriculturist 

 would be the foreman and the work- 

 men. It is a general custom to differ- 

 entiate the work of the laborers. For 

 instance, those who do pruning which 

 requires a considerable amount of 

 climbing and those who carry on spray- 

 ing which requires some knowledge of 

 spray materials and mixing. 



The Forester should be able to give 

 effectively instructional lectures re- 

 garding the work. r)ne very important 

 feature in connection with tree work in 

 our cities is the education of the people 

 not only as to the beauty but as to 

 benefits from planting of trees in a 

 city. 



The functions of the Bureau of Tree 

 Culture in the Park Commission would 

 be to serve as a connecting link between 

 the Foresters of each borough, who 

 should come together for periodical 

 meetings where broad questions that 

 affect the general welfare of the trees 

 of the city as a whole should be dis- 

 cussed. Features connected with the 

 work of each man's borough could be 

 discussed profitably, and the experience 

 of all the Foresters cou'd be brought to 

 bear on the problems that come up in 



