THE TREE DOCTOR 



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Mr. W. C. Talmadge, Wickliff, O., has the largest, most ma- 

 jestic Elm on "The Ridge," running from Cleveland to Paines- 

 ville. The top was giving out, the lawn was kept littered with 

 dead twigs. He sent for me to ascertain what was the trouble. 

 The test, in Photo 99, showed the soil "as dry as a powder horn." 

 The faithful tree had labored and pumped every particle of mois- 

 ture out of the ground. This was being repeated year after year. 

 The rains were not heavy enough in the fall to penetrate the sod 

 and reach the roots, and as a result, a grand old monarch, for 

 which the owner would not take five thousand dollars, was in 

 imminent danger of dying. To save this tree we put in fifty of 



Photo 99 

 As Dry as a Powder Horn. 



