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THE TREE DOCTOR 



Photo 63, A young Giant. 



cause of the premature death of millions of trees and to suggest 

 the simplest methods of rectifying the mistakes. 



To get an answer to the question "What kind of trees for 

 streets?" we should first settle in our minds what is the purpose 

 of street planting. Ask the first man you meet, and he prob- 

 ably will say "shade ;'' then ask the next, and inquire of all the 



Those interested in shading the streets of cities should read "A 

 NEW ERA IN TREE GROWING." This shows how to shade the 

 streets of New York with perfectly healthy trees. I spent a week in 

 that city examining the conditions leading to the failures, and have given 

 the results of my investigations. To save going over the same ground 

 in the present work, I refer all interested in good trees on city streets 

 of "A NEW ERA IN TREE GROWING." 



