CHAPTER II 



THE "CR'OTCHED" TREE -How THE TROUBLE is PRODUCED WRONG 



METHODS OF APPLYING REMEDIES THE PROPER METHOD -How 



TO CHOOSE TREES FOR PLANTING -WHERE TO FORM THE 



TOPS TREE SURGERY SPECIMENS OF PERFECT 



HEALING - KINDS OF TREES TO ILANT ON 



STREETS - ROOTS THEIR ACTION - 



CARE OF ROOTS DESTRUCTION 



OF ROOTS BY INCOMPETENT 



LANDSCAPERS." 



Photo 36 presents some very healthy Horse-Chestnut trees. 

 Do you see anything particularly wrong with them ? Probably 

 not. By the way, the Horse-Chestnut makes a very fine shade 

 tree, but is subject to the failings of most Elms, "Soft Maples," 

 Red Oaks and quite a few other trees. The trouble is, they arc- 

 apt to be "crotchy." Thousands of beautiful Elm trees yearly 

 go to pieces from the force of the wind at these weak points. 

 Photo 37 shows the remains of an Elm which, a few years ago, 

 would have been considered by some worth thousands of dollars. 

 Over one quarter of the tree was rent off in a gale, on the side 

 where the gentleman is inspecting it. Another huge branch, 

 higher up to the left, came off in the same storm, while the re- 

 mainder is split clear to the ground in the center. How will- 

 ingly we would "lock the door after the horse is stolen !" Hun- 

 dreds of thousands of the finest trees in the country are jeopar- 

 dized annually from this weakness. Of course the larger the 

 tree, the greater the leverage of the wind on its branches, and 

 those that are torn to pieces in this way are usually the most 

 valuable. 



If you turn back to the Photo marked "Summer," you 

 will be looking at the front of Mr. Henry M. Flagler's resi- 

 dence, Orienta Point, Mamaroneck, N. Y. You will notice 

 that a little to the left of the center of the house, and some fifty 

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