26 THE TREE DOCTOR 



being exogenous in its structural work, (i. e., building on the 

 outside) it naturally follows that, could we control the top from 

 running too high, endangering the tree in wind-storms, and re- 

 new the roots, there is no reason that it would not go on and 

 build indefinitely." I wish Prof. Jones's sentiments could be 

 heard the world over ; then, in time, in our lawns, instead of 

 having a thicket of brush, we would have specimens of majestic 



Photo 16 

 Sacrificed for Telephone Wires. 



trees that could defy the storms, and through whose branches 

 the winter winds would sing, "Praise God from Whom all bless- 

 ings flow !" 



Look at the young Maple in Photo 14. I say it is "young," 

 not quite a hundred years old. It stands in the midst of a culti- 

 vated field, and as yet there are no breaks in the beautiful top, 

 and if wounds are prevented and roots kept active, there is no 

 reason why decay should attack the center for hundreds of years 



