4 TREE WOUNDS AND DISEASES 



Fortunately, we have examples of the good 

 effects of repairing old and historic trees, 

 and notable instances of this kind may be 

 pointed out in the " Wilberforce " and " Pitt " 

 oaks at Holwood, in Kent, as also others of 

 the same kind on the Woburn and Welbeck 

 estates, and in other parts of the country. 

 But even when dead and reduced to stumps 

 with a few straggling, fragile branches atop, 

 it is quite possible to preserve the remains 

 for a lengthened period by careful bracing or 

 by chaining the heavy limbs together, and by 

 reducing the weight of such portions as can- 

 not well be artificially stayed or supported. 

 The lifetime of many trees has been greatly 

 prolonged, and their natural beauty retained, 

 by timely attention in the matter of supporting 

 heavy limbs and branches that were likely to 

 become detached during stormy weather, and, 

 as the doing of such work costs but little, 

 there is no reason why the operation should 

 not be greatly extended. 



To the dweller in our larger towns and 

 cities, the welfare and preservation of trees is 

 of vast importance. Town trees are particu- 



