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despoiler of shade trees at present is the lineman 

 who runs telephone and telegraph wires. He 

 generally has no appreciation of the value of a 

 tree, and still less of any need of giving thought 

 to the proper cutting of the limbs. Everything 



109. Living brace in a Talman Sweet apple tree. 



is secondary and subsidiary to the lining of the 

 wires, and the result is that many fine trees are 

 wickedly sacrificed. Our duty towards street 

 trees is vigorously set forth in the following 

 sketch by Professor Farlow:* 



"I must not, however, close my remarks on 

 this subject without uttering an emphatic protest 

 against the way in which the shade trees of our 



*W. F. Farlow, "Diseases of Trees likely to Follow Mechanical In- 

 juries". Lecture before Mass. Hort. Soc., Mar. 7, 1891. 



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