Eoehester, N. T., 

 Nnv. IT. 1916. 



Mr. M. L. Davey, 



General Manager, 

 Tbe Davey Tree 

 Expert Co., 

 Kent, Ohio. 

 Dear Mr. Davey ; 



Please accept 



my sincere thanks 

 for yonr most 

 llUimlnating letter 

 of October ard. 



Your story, in- 

 teresting in Itself, 

 is most admirably 

 told, though In its 

 telling It appears 

 to me that you 

 hare failed ' to 

 mention the one 

 element without 

 which the "per- 

 fected methods, 

 high type men and 

 organization Ideal" 

 would not have 

 come into being. 

 That unnamed 

 element I suspect 

 to have been 

 Davey, who first, 

 conceived the Idea. 

 then determined 

 the methods and 

 later found and 

 Inspired with some 

 part of his own 

 enthusiasm the 

 men who are ac- 

 tually carrying 

 out the work. 



Shortly alter re- 

 ceiving your letter 

 1 read it t4> the 

 department heads 

 of the General 



Fig. 1. — .'iee the iron band 

 around the trunk. The tree 

 was splitting apart and a "tree 

 patcher" tried to save It. Tem- 

 porarily it prevented a catas- 

 trophe, but the band was stran- 

 gling the bark. And the real 

 trouble, which was the decay 

 on the inside, bad received no 

 attention whatever and the con- 

 dition was growing rapidly 

 worse. 



Fig. 3. — Davey Tree Surgeons 

 got at the real trouble. They 

 first tied the l)ranches to gether 

 with ropes to prevent accident 

 while operating. The decay 

 wa.s removed to the last particle, 

 the inside of the cavity was 

 thoroughly sterilized and water- 

 proofed. The mechanical brac- 

 ing employed demonstrates 

 the finished skill and complete 

 mastery of Davey Tree Sur- 

 geons. 



Fig. 3.— The filling of a crotch 

 cavity is probably the most 

 trying task confronted by a 

 Tree Surgeon. The filling is 

 subjected to tremendous twist- 

 ing and strain; it must not only 

 be held firmly in place by the 

 most expert mechanical bracing. 

 but it must also allow for the 

 normal sway of the tree. The 

 sectional filling method aids 

 wonderfully in this accomplish- 

 ment, but correct mechanical 

 bracing is ultra-important. 



Fig. 1 



Fig. 2 



Fig. S 



From Mr. Henry .\. Everett, Pres. 



Northern Ohio Traction & Light Co. 

 Cleveland. Ohio. 



"It is Low six years since you first 

 treated my trees at Willoughby and I am 

 more than .satisfied with results." 



From Mr. Samnel G. .^Uen, Pres. 



Franklin Railway Supply Co., New York. 



"The work of your representaties on my 

 place at Fair Haven is exceedinsly satis- 

 factory. I found .vour foreman not oniy a 

 very capable operator bnt a very courteous 

 and polite little gentleman." 



Surgeons 



d^ 



Every real Uavey Tree 

 Surgeon is in the employ 

 of the Davey Tree Ex- 

 pert Company and the 

 public is cautioned 

 against tlkO!>e falsely 

 representing themselves. 



Railway Signal 

 Company, while at 

 luncheon, and the 

 interesting discus- 

 sion that followed 

 led me to show the 

 letter to some 

 of my business 

 friends, who are 

 at the head of 

 companies employ- 

 ing a great many 

 men. In each such 

 instance I have 

 been asked for a 

 copy of the letter 

 — in order that 

 they may have 

 their men read and 

 profit by it. 



Will you have 

 the goodness to 

 write me at my 

 home address 



whether I have 

 your consent to 

 malve and send 

 out to my buBl- 

 nesB friends such 

 copies ? 

 Sincerely yours, 

 W. W. Salmon. 



Write today for 



FREE examination 



of your trees* 



—and booklet, "When Your 

 Trees Need the Tree Sur- 

 geon." What is the real 

 condition of your trees? 

 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 ren- 

 der an honest verdict re- 

 garding their condition 

 and needs. Write today. 



The Davey Tree 

 Expert Co., Inc. 



130S Elm St., Kent, Ohio 



(Operating the Davey In- 

 stitute of Tree Surgery) 



Branch Offices with Tele- 

 phone Connections: 



823 Fifth Ave., New York 



2017 Land Title Bldg., 

 Philadelphia 



430 HeCormick Bldg., 

 Chicago 



Permanent representatives 

 located at Bostoa, Newport, 

 Lenox, Hartford. Stamford, 

 Albany, Poughkeepste, 



White Flaius, Jamaica, L.I., 

 Morristown, N. J., Phila- 

 delphia. Harrisburg, Bal- 

 timore, Washington, Bnf- 

 taio, Pittsburgh. Cleveland, 

 Detroit, Cincinnati, Louis- 

 ville, Chicago, Milwaukee, 

 Minneapolis, St. Louis, 

 Kansas City. Canadian 

 Address, 81 St. Peter St., 

 Quebec. 



