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THE TREE DOCTOR 



When, five years ago, the old "Tree Doctor was published, 

 it devoted seven pages to the condition of trees in Cleveland, 

 Ohio, where trees were in a deplorable condition. The news- 

 papers took the subject up and, in two years, the city petitioned 

 the State legislature for a Forestry Commission which was pro- 

 vided for, and now the trees have improved several hundred 

 per cent. 



Up to the time referred to, (five years ago) all writers had 

 assigned the cause of the failure in the "Forest City," mainly to 

 smoke. The "Tree Doctor" pointed out the fact that the main 

 cause was not in smoke but in the soil or rather no soil at the 

 root, plus a heavy sod formed on the lawns by putting on a few 

 inches of top-soil, thus shutting out water and air from the roots 

 of the trees. (The central part of Cleveland has nothing but the 

 barrenest sand.) 



To satisfy anyone that the smoke is not so detrimental as 



Photo 31 

 The Lower Branches are well out of the Way. 



