THE TREE DOCTOR 



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roots. "Are these the feeders?" No, but the little feeding 

 "hair roots" are situated on these. They are usually so small 

 that it takes a microscope to see them. All nourishment must 

 be gathered by these faithful little "workers." These, as all 

 know who know anything about tree life, are scattered all over 

 the ends of the roots. To insure success, enough of the small 

 rootlets must be procured to furnish the "raw material" for the 

 tree or it will languish, dry up and die. Suppose you were going 

 to move one of Mr. French's Peach trees, seen in Photo 92. It 

 could be done, but how do you proceed to figure? Well, let's 

 see ; the diameter of the top is about sixteen feet. That is prac- 

 tically what the spread of the roots is, (they really run out much 

 farther.) Now to make sure of perfect success, you would throw 



Photo 72 

 The Bark finally Peels off. 



