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THE TREE DOCTOR 



Photo 22 

 Cemetery Butchered, Huntingdon, Pa. 



branches are about seven feet from the ground. They were 

 | ''headed back" in the nursery. This should not be done. The 

 "leader" (straight stem) should be preserved, and the lower 

 branches gradually removed until a height of twelve feet is 

 reached. The "heading back" might be done at sixteen feet 

 high, forming the "head" between the points of twelve and six- 

 teen feet. Then all the trimming is practically done ; hereafter 

 keep hands off! Xature does not form those beautiful and 

 health-giving tops of shade trees to be cut to pieces to furnish 

 "beer money" for a lot of Tree Fools. See what kind of work 

 the "Tree men" so-called do, as shown in Photo 20. This is 

 on the same street as Xo. 19, a little further up. Photo 21 pre- 

 sents what is very common winter scenery in the communities 

 where no professional "Tree man" has cursed the place with his 

 diabolical presence. The endless variety of the tracery of 

 branches of trees in winter is almost as charming as their de- 

 lightful foliage in summer. 



