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HORTICULTUEE 



March 10, 1917 



did this! 





= A RE you neglecting your trees ? 



=^ ^^ Do you know positively that they 



^= are strong and healthy — are you sure 



^= they are free from decay and disease? 



^:= The owner of the tive shown above 



^= assumed that its condition was perfect, 



^=: Itut he intended to find out some d:iy 



:^= for a certainty. 



^^ His neglect was fatal. The tree, sound 



in appearance to the untrained eye, In- 



side was seriously decayed. One day a 



=^= severe storm blew and the weakened 



^^ tree gave way— mined beyond saving! 



^^ It was a case of "the last straw which 



=:= broke the camel's back." 



^^ Take no chances with your trees — have 



^^ them examined now. 



^^ lint be sure to select Tree Surgeons of 



^^ proved ability — experts who can save 



^^ your trees without guessing or experi- 



^^ ment. 



= Davey Tree Surgery Is Safe 



^^ Your trees, many of them the product 



of several generations, are priceless. 



Once lost, they can not be restored in 



^= your lifetime, or that of your children. 



r= To whom shall you entrust tbemV 



^^ There can be only one answer, for there 



== is only one safe place to go — to Davey 



^^ Tree Surgeons. 



^^ Safe — because Davey Tree Surgery is 



^= time-proved; its record of successful 



=^ performance for thousands of estate 



^^ owners spans a generation. 



Safe — because the Davey Company is a 



successful institution of financial sta- 



bility and amply able to make good in 



-rrr every detail. 



^^ Safe — because no Davey Tree Surgeon 



^^ is allowed any responsibility until he 



^= has eonclusivfly demonstrated his fit- 



^^ ness- He must have served his full 



^^ course of thorough practical training 



= and scientific study in the Davey In- 



^^ stitute of Tree Surgery — a school, the 



^^ only one of its kind in the world, which 



^^ we conduct for the specific purpose of 



drilling our men in Davey methods and 



Davey ideals. 



Safe — l>ecause Davey Tree Surgery has 

 hi'cn endorsed as best by the United 

 Statt's Government, after exhaustive 

 utficial investigation, and by thousands 

 of prominent men and women. 

 Tree "patching" cannot save your trees. 

 Only scientific, mechanically perfect 

 treatment by men trained through years 

 ti) the point of finished skill can be 

 pf'rmauently successful. And for such 

 treatment by such men there is only one 

 safe place to go^to Davey Tree " Sur- 

 geons. 



Write today for Free Eicamination of 

 your Trees 



— and booklet, "When Your Trees Need 

 the Tree Surgeon." What is the real 

 condition of your trees? Are insidious 

 diseases and hidden decay slowly un- 

 dermining their strength V Will the 

 next severe storm claim one or more as 

 its victims? Only the experienced Tree 

 Surgeon can tell you fully and definitely. 

 Without cost or obligation to you. a 

 Davey Tree Surgeon will visit your 

 place, and render an honest verdict re- 

 garding their condition and needs. 

 Write today. 



The Davey Tree Expert Co., Inc. 

 1303 Elm St., Kent, Ohio 



{^operating the Davry Institute of Tree Sur- 

 gery, Kent, Oil to) 

 Branch Offices, with Telephone Connec- 

 tions: New York, Philadelphia 

 and Chicago. 

 Permanent representatives located at 

 Hoston, Newport, Lenox, Hartford, Al- 

 bany. Pougbkeepsie. White Plains, 

 Stamford, Jamaica. L. I.. Morristown, 

 X. J., Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Balti- 

 more. Washington, P^uffalo, Pittsburgh, 

 Cleveland, Detroit. Cincinnati. Louis- 

 ville. Chicago. Milwaukee, Minneapolis, 

 St. Louis. Kansas City. Canadian Ad- 

 dress: si St. Peter Street, Quebec. 



Five typical letters from hun- 

 dreds by satisfied Davey 

 clients 



Mr. William Ahny, Wt'l.iam Altny ^ Co., 

 B OS tor:: 



"The skill of your workmen ts re- 

 markable. I am sorry I did not have 

 this work done sooner as I appar- 

 ently lost a tree by not having an 

 expert examine my trees before." 



Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., owner of the 

 Ne-w York World and the St. Louis Post- 

 Dispatch: 



"Your work on the trees on my place 

 was done in a most thorough and 

 painstaking manner." 



D, S. ChamberlaiHy President^ Chamber- 

 lain Medicine Co., Des Moines, Iowa; 

 "I congratulate you on the excellent 

 work you are doing. I have seen 

 much of this character of work done 

 in some foreign countries, as well as 

 in the United States, but none as 

 perfect, scientific and satisfactory as 

 yours." 



Dr. G. L. Doenges, Snperintendent, The 

 Johjis Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.: 



"We have been very much impressed 

 Ity the work done here by the Davey 

 Tree Company." 



Mr. Robert E. Friend, Second IVard Sav- 

 ings Bank, Mihvaukee, Wis.: 

 "I cannot commend too highly the 

 work you have done both this* year 

 and last on our place at Pine Lake. 

 Vour work on the University Club 

 trees here in the city, under my 

 suptM'vision, was alsd verv good 

 indtMMl." 



■ DAVEY TREE SURGEONS 



FOR SAFE TREE SURGERY 



Everv real Davcv Tree Surgeon is in the employ of the Davev Tree Expert Company and the pullic is cautioned against 



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