44 THE TREE DOCTOR 



nice little border of sod. Then, striking another line, say six 

 feet from the sidewalk, on the lawn, set your shade trees about 

 twenty-five feet apart. If properly set, and of the right size and 

 kind, their branches will soon come together, and extend out 

 over the street, as you see in Photos 33, 59 and 74. There is no 

 guess-work about this, for the camera never lies ; it tells you the 

 story faithfully, just as it is. 



Photo 35 

 The Spread of the Roots Equals the Spread of the Top. 



We deal now with another phase of the subject. Why are 

 the native woodlands so inexpressibly beautiful ? Why does the 

 eye never tire of looking at the rugged, scrambling methods (or 

 rather, no methods) of wild nature? Because every tree, plant, 

 vine, aye ! every branch of tree and vine is free to go in the di- 

 rection where it can be the most benefitted. 



Many people "have eves and see not." About the middle of 

 last June I went from Pittsburg to Xew York in daylight. From 

 Johnstown, up over the Allegheny Mountains, down around the 

 "Horseshoe Bend," on to Altoona, and down, skirting the 



