Photo 67. 



A FEW EXAMPLES 

 will now be presented which will 

 exemplify the folly of forming 

 the head of the tree too low. 

 Photo 73 shows you what is 

 commonly called a " buckeye." 

 This is not the buckeye proper 

 (that is a native of America), but the English horse-chestnut. This tree stands directly 

 in front of a very nice house on the most prominent street of the town. Who wants the 

 view intercepted in this way? What shall be done with it? Put the "tree-butcher" at it? 

 No ! For what he does not cut off he will kill ! It was a wrong place to plant it, but if 

 the owner insisted on it, the formation of the top should have been where the line is run 

 across. The tree then would have been majestic. Now, probably, it will be taken out. 

 Painful to think of it, for it is one of the healthiest trees that ever grew. 



We call your attention again to the larger tree in photo 61. There is an excellent, 

 up-to-date house back of it. In the first place, this tree is too close to the house, but if 

 it had to go there the head should have been formed not lower than the cross line. Photo 

 72 also teaches a strong lesson. This is a very prominent street. You see a row of very 

 healthy young maples; the tops are very symmetrical. These trees were planted in 1884. 

 There are three of the handsomest houses in the village hidden behind them. This 



