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THE TREE DOCTOR 



Photo 26 

 A serious Annoyance to Pedestrians. 



roots" are just under the drip of the branches. Now, as to 

 'whether the branches on a given tree are to be high up or low 

 down must be determined by the situation that the tree is to oc- 

 cupy. This row seen in Photo 25 is by the highway. On either 

 side the branches extend some thirty feet. On the roadside they 

 reach away toward the middle of the highway and drag on buggy 

 tops and are pronounced a "nuisance." To cut off the two lower 

 tiers means the removal of about one-third of the top. This is 

 a needless waste, i. e., if the trees had been rightly handled. On 

 a street, boulevard, or any kind of highway, we have no choice. 

 We must keep up out of the way of interference with traffic. 

 Take again the case in Photo 26. On this street was a row of 

 Maples on each side. The branches were down low, not only 

 on the sidewalks, as you see, interfering with umbrellas, but 

 drooped equally low over the center of the street, so that it was 



