CHAPTER III 



SUPPORTING HEAVY AND DISEASED BRANCHES 



A LIMB requires to be braced or strengthened 

 when from its weight and shape it is likely 

 to et wrenched from the main stem during 

 stormy weather, when the weight of the 

 minor branches and foliage is too great for the 

 strength of the limb, when the wood of the 

 tree is unusually brittle, when trunk or limb 

 is decayed, and when, from accident, the tree 

 has become one-sided and lost its natural 

 appearance. 



Forked trees often require staying ; so do 

 such as have suddenly become exposed to 

 storms to which they have hitherto been 

 unaccustomed. But probably, in the matter 

 of bracing and strengthening, the most im- 

 portant of all trees are those in our public 



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