THE TREE DOCTOR 



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in making the condemnation (for I suppose he formed his opin- 

 ion from what he saw.) Any boy of ten could have done the 

 work as well. The professor, however, will undoubtedly be 

 pleased to learn that "cement work" is O. K. when the work is 

 properly done, as proven by the camera, in the photos herein 

 presented. 



In Photo 59 are presented four beautiful specimens of the 

 Rock Maple. Three years ago some ten wagon loads of dead wood 



Photo 60 



Bridge grafting a large wound after removing a branch. Young grow- 

 ing twigs with wedge-shaped ends are inserted in spring, and 

 waxed, as in ordinary grafting. They will eventually unite. 



were taken out of the tops. Two of them were badly "crotched," 

 one of them being split clear to the ground. They were "fixed 

 up generally" and to-day the property is at least a thousand dol- 

 lars more valuable than it would have been without the service. 

 As to whether "tree doctoring" pays, it depends entirely on 

 whether the work is rightly done. I regret that many things 

 go into print that are misleading. I reproduce here two photos 

 from "The Window Gardener's Complete Manual" for January, 

 1907. Both photos have under them the exact reading that ap- 

 peared in the Magazine. Photo 60, as you see, explains "bridge 

 grafting." This is an ancient practice, hundreds of years old. 



