March 20, 1915 



H K T I C U L T IT R E 



381 



WHITE PINE 



NEW ENGLAND BORN 



AND GROWN 

 Hardy, Vigorous Stock 



Special Sale 



No. 1 QUALITY (Heavy 



Root-Pruned and TWICE-Transplanted 



3 to 4 FEET HIGH 



100 tret-s 

 tor 



$34 



r,* treeis for $7 



(i tr4M>!« for $4 



The illustration shows oui- 2 to 3 foot grade 

 of Twice-Transplanted WHITE PINES 



WRITE TO-DAY 



for New Illustrated Tree Cata- 

 logue. MANY MILLIONS OF 

 TIIEES for Ornament and Shade, 

 for Hedges, Windbreaks, and 

 Forests. 



"America's Most Beautiful 



Evergreen " 



OR. L. II. B.\ILEY'S ••Cyi-lopedia of Ameriiau 

 llorticiilturii'" says:— "For prai-e anil eleKam-e. 

 iiotliinK better than our five-needled silver- 

 lined WHITK PINE eould lie iniaBined." 



Special Sale 



A LIGHTER GRADE 



I ONCE-Tran.planted 2 to 3 FEET HIGH 



IIUHl trer^ $85 



IW) trees $10 | »- ♦■•«^'- $3 



Lowrer Prices for Other Grades and 



Larger Quantities 



Ifs a good iilau to buy YOLK Little TrcM-s 

 where Ljtndsc-ape Architects, Park .Superiii 

 londouts and Foresters buy THEIRS. 



EittlE Exn iFarms of Slmrrica 



(NEAR BOSTON) 



AMERICAN FORESTRY COMPANY 



lept 7. 15 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 



A WARNING AGAINST TREE REPAIR FAKERS 



Bulletin 113 of Mass. Forestry Association. 



The Massachusetts Forestry Asso- 

 ciation has been trying to protect the 

 forests and shade trees of the Com- 

 monwealth for the past sixteen years. 

 Its fight generally has been against 

 insects, ignorance and lack of inter- 

 est, but today a new evil besets our 

 trees in the form of the quack "tree 

 surgeon," and to be true to the cause 

 we are forced to oppose him also. Not 

 only is he to be found in Massachu- 

 setts, but in nearly every section of 

 the country where tree repair work 

 is being done. 



Usually this faker has worked for a 

 few days or perhaps a few weeks in 

 the crew of a company which does 

 tree repair work. With little or no 

 scientific knowledge of trees, he goes 

 into business for Iiimself and poses 

 as an "expert." 



A typical and favorite trick em- 

 ployed by these "experts" is to repre- 

 sent that they have some mysterious 

 insecticide, known only to themselves, 

 which will render trees immune from 

 further attacks by insects. All that 

 is necessary is to give the tree an 

 injection or a thorough spraying with 

 this fluid. Usually these "experts" 

 profess to do anything in the forestry, 

 landscape gardening, and tree repair 

 lines. 



The association has learned of so 

 many cases where unsuspecting par- 

 ties have been humbugged by fakers 

 that it now proposes to bring this mat- 

 ter squarely before the public in such 

 a way as to eliminate this fraud. 

 These men obtain money directly 

 under false pretense, and at the same 

 time do the public an injury by mutilat- 

 ing the public and private shade trees. 

 The work of some of these men has 

 been reported to us and unless they 

 cease operating in this state, their 

 names will be made public, and the 

 law will be used to punish them. 



We would call attention to some 

 points which, if followed, will help to 

 protect your trees. 



1. Do not permit anyone to do re- 



pair work on your trees until he pro- 

 duces reliable recommendations. The 

 honest man in the business can and 

 will be glad to do this. Be sure to 

 verify the references with the parties 

 referred to in such recommendations. 



2. When having gypsy and brown 

 tail moth work done by private par- 

 ties, do not pay the bill until you 

 have an inspection of the work made ■ 

 by the local moth superintendent. 

 This inspection will cost you nothing. 



3. We advise against the use of 

 climbing irons in tree repair work, 

 especially on shade and ornamental 

 trees, although it may cost more to 

 have your work done without the use 

 of such irons. It is a well-known fact 

 that many rot-producing fungi can at- 

 tack a tree only through some wound 

 in the cambium layer. By tlie use of 

 climbing irons, hundreds of little 

 wounds are made in trees, which are 

 ideal places for the fungi to begin 

 their work. While these irons will 

 damage any kind of tree, they are 

 especially injurious to those having 

 smooth bark. From the esthetic 

 standpoint alone, a tree whose bark is 

 scratched and pricked full of holes 

 by the use of climbing irons is very 

 iinsightl.v. 



4. Do not permit anyone to spray 

 or tangle-foot your trees without 

 knowing that the materials used 

 meet the approval of the State For- 

 ester. 



5. Have your trees inspected and 

 necessary repairs made once a year 

 by a competent party. Trees are 

 analogous to teeth, in the matter of 

 care. Go to a dentist once in five 

 years and we are safe in saying that 

 your bill will be greater than the 

 total cost of yearly inspections would 

 have been, and your teeth will be in 

 worse condition. That principle ap- 

 plies to trees. 



6. Find out what the approximate 

 cost of repairing your trees will be 

 before allowing the party to begin 

 work. 



7. Do not have your trees filled 

 with cement, unless the cavities are 

 too conspicuous and you do it for 

 esthetic purposes, or unless the cav- 

 ity is such that drainage is difficult to 

 secure. There are some cases where 

 filling is justifiable but there is en- 

 tirely too much cement being put into 

 our trees. On the whole it is gener- 

 ally better to spend tlie money which 

 might be used for cement fillings, for 

 frequent inspections, and for creosote, 



BEFORE YOU PURCHASE 



Send us your list of wants and we will quote you interesting 



prices. 



We offer the most complete line of Fancy and Native Ever- 

 greens, Herbaceous Perennials, Shade Trees, Shrubs, Roses and 

 Fruits in small lots or by the thousand, and in the usual " High 

 Grade Quality." It is no trouble to quote you. 



THE NEW ENGLAND NURSERIES CO. 



Telephone Lexington 274-W. 



BEDFORD, MASS. 



