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THE TREE DOCTOR 



Photo 7 was used in the old "Tree Doctor." It presents 

 a large wound, with little Roy Marsh standing by it. Five 

 years have elapsed and Roy has grown taller and the wound 

 smaller, as you see in Photo 8. You can take off the half of a 

 tree, or indeed more, and if you will watch the wound and keep 

 it painted it will heal just as nicely as the wounds are healing in 

 Photo 10. Any thick paint or coal tar will do. The paint is to 

 keep out the moisture and preserve the wood until nature can 

 close it over with a new growth. 



In Photo 11 is presented a case where, twelve or fifteen 

 years ago, some stupid fellow removed two branches from a 

 Rhode Island Greening tree, and left the wounds unprotected. 

 The whole interior of the "head" is rotted out and the two men 



Photo 9 

 Use Tile to Protect Young Trees. 



