THE TREE DOCTOR 



Photo 29 

 Same Trees as in Photo 28 Trained up High. 



some six years ago, but the objectionable limbs were taken away, 

 and wounds carefully dressed and the trees are now in perfect 

 health, as can be seen in Photo 29. This is now becoming a 

 model row of young Maples. There is yearly some elongation 

 of the trunk and, in a few seasons, if necessary, a line of tele 

 phone wires can be run under the branches. 



Much of the trouble that we are encountering to-day is at^ 

 tributable to errors and oversights of the past. For example, 

 when a town starts, after building houses, most people begin to 

 plan for trees, vines, etc. In many of these young towns the 

 future street lines are quite indefinite. In most cases they have 

 to be guessed at. While the town is small it makes but little 

 difference. However, in those cases where the communities 

 have grown to considerable size, and exact lines and grades have 

 had to be established, it has often seriously interfered with the 

 original tree planting. It was a very common thing to plant the 



