THE TREE DOCTOR 



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old trees, but there may be some, situated where they are of con- 

 siderable value, or connected with some tender associations of 

 earlier days, that might justify the expense, though sometimes a 

 bill may run high on a work of this kind. Suppose, for example, 

 that the expense on a certain tree would be one hundred dollars, 

 and the work skillfully done would restore the beauty of the 

 tree and prolong its life for hundreds of years? Then, financi- 

 ally considered, the investment would be a good one. Two 

 years ago, J. Horace McFarland, President of the American 

 Civic Societies, wrote me that Prof. Sargent, of the Arboretum, 

 of Boston, had condemned "cement in trees." When in Boston, 

 I went into the parks and found that the professor was justified 



Photo 57 

 When Properly Filled, all Trees will Heal. 



