CONTENTS 



CHAF. PACE 



PREFACE v 



INTRODUCTION . vii 



I. THE MANAGEMENT OF DECAY- 

 ING TREES i 



IL HOLLOW TRUNKS AND THEIR 



TREATMENT . 10 



III. SUPPORTING HEAVY AND DIS- 



EASED BRANCHES ... 27 



IV. INJURED BARK ON ROOT AND 



STEM 50 



X 



V. PRUNING DISEASED TREES. . 62 



VI. INJURIOUS INFLUENCES FROM 



SOIL OR ATMOSPHERE . ,73 



VII. FUNGUS GROWTH ON TREES . 91 



VIII. INSECT ATTACKS AND THEIR 



REMEDIES . . . . .116 



IX. INJURIES FROM ANIMALS AND 



BIRDS . . . - . . . 149 



X. FRUIT TREES AND THEIR 



ENEMIES . . . . , . 158 



