PREVENT A SPLIT OR 

 MEND A SPLIT BY CHAIN 



BOLTS, NOT BY A BAND, 

 SEE I. 



A DECAYED BRANCH 

 AS C, CUT OFF & , 

 THE CAVITY CLEANED 

 & FILLED. 



STUB . 

 TOO LONG 

 FOR HEAL- 

 THY , 

 HEALING 

 AND DECAY 

 WORKS 

 INWARD. 



REMOVE A HEAVY 

 LIMB BY MAKING 

 SCUTS AS 



NUMBERED 



A LONG STUB LEFT, 

 DECAY HAS SET IN 

 & IFNOT TREATED 

 AS AT M WILL 

 DESTROY THC MAIN 

 LIMB. 



A PRUNING 

 WOUND MADE 

 AS B OR 

 HEALING PER 

 FECTLY. 



A SOLID BAR WITH 

 NUTS WILL HOLD A 

 WEAKENED CROTCH 

 THOUGH, IN A BIG TREE 

 NOT SO WELL AS A 

 CHAIN. SEE A. . 



A WOUND FILLED 

 UNNECESSARILY, 

 TREATMENT AS 

 E OR K WOULD 

 BE BETTER. 



WHEN A LIMB IS 

 REMOVED AND THERE 

 IS SLIGHT DECAY, CLEAN 

 OUT THE WOUND ft TAR 

 BUT DO NOT FILL IT. 



NEVER MEND A 

 SPLIT WITH A 

 BAND, THE TREE 

 WILL SOON BE 

 CHOKED, SEEA& 



TREAT A BRUISE AS 

 H BY CUTTING OUT 

 INJURED TISSUE, 

 LEAVING -SURFACE 

 EDGES SMOOTH, TAR 

 BUT DO NOT FILL. 



A HORSE BITE 

 OR BRUISE TO BE 

 TREATED AS F. 



A. LARGE CAVITY 

 PROPERLY FILLED 

 WITH CONCRETE. 



Fig. 20. Diagram How to doctor a tree. 



