34 THE TREE DOCTOR 



old State of Pennsylvania has apparently suffered as much as 

 any from these depredations. Harrisburg, the capital, has been 

 almost completely denuded by them. Substantially all the trees 

 on the streets have been ruined, and probably the park trees 

 would have been had not it been for the timely protests of J. 

 Horace McFarland, and his co-workers. 



Tens of thousands of what might have been good trees have 

 been ruined in Philadelphia by these tree vandals, resulting in 



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 Their Beauty Is Forever Gone. 



a lessening of real-estate values to the extent of millions of dol- 

 lars. On giving a lecture, recently, in that city before the Civic 

 Club, someone asked, "What is the object of cutting the trees 

 to pieces in this manner?" To which a lady replied that she 

 never heard but one explanation. This, she said, was given in 

 answer to the same question that she propounded to a "Con- 

 tractor." This contractor hired negroes, Italians and cheap 

 labor on "grading" under the guise of "landscaping." "Well," 



