THE TREE DOCTOR 85 



August, and the bark dries up on the side toward the hottest sun, 

 and finally peels off, as you see in Photo 72. But look how the 

 poor creature has worked and plodded, all alone, with no one to 

 pity but the eyes of the Infinite, to try to live! Oh, mar- 

 velous something that we call "Life!" So tenacious of life are 



Photo 74 

 The Norway Maple Is as near Bug-Proof as any Tree. 



these wonderful creatures that they will, sometimes, go plodding 

 along for years and, finally, heal over a mass of dried up, dead 

 wood ; but the result is a hollow tree, likely to blow over on your 

 house some stormy night. 



Unless it be an urgent need, I would not use a big tree at all, 

 for planting or transplanting, because in planting the small one, 



