PREVENT A SPLIT OR 

 MEND A SPLIT BYCHAIN 



BOLTS, NOT BY A BAND, 

 SEE I . 



'Is 



STUB 

 TOO LONG 

 FOR HEAL- 

 THY 



HEALING 

 AND DECAY 

 WORKS 



INWARD. 



A PRUNING 

 WOUND MADE 

 AS B OR 

 HEALING PER- 

 FECTLY. 



A LONG STUB LEFT, 

 DECAY HAS SET IN 

 IFNOT TREATED 

 AS AT M WILL 

 DESTROT THE MAIN 



Line. 



A WOUND FILLED 

 UNNECESSARILY, 

 TREATMENT AS 

 E OR K WOULD 

 BE BETTER. 



A SOLID BAR WITH 

 NUTS WILL MOLD A 

 WEAKENED CROTCH 

 THOUGH, IN A BIG TREE 

 NOT SO WELL AS A 

 CHAIN . SEE A. . 



A DECAYED BRANCH 

 AS C, CUT OFF 6: , 

 THE CAVITY CLEANED 

 FILLED. 



REMOVE A HEAVY 

 LIMB BY MAKING 

 SCUTS AS 



NUMBERED 



NEVER MEND A 

 SPLIT WITH A 

 BAND, THE TREE 

 WILL SOON BE 

 CHOKED, SEEA&D. 



WHEN A LIMB IS 

 REMOVED AND THERE 

 IS SLIGHT DECAY, CLEAN 

 OUT THE WOUND & TAR 

 BUT DO NOT FILL IT. 



A HORSE BITE 

 OR BRUISE TO BE 

 TREATED AS F. 



TREAT A BRUISE AS 

 H BY CUTTING OUT 

 INJURED TISSUE, 

 LEAVING -SURFACE & 

 EDGES SMOOTH, TAR 

 BUT DO NOT FILL. 



A. LARGE CAVITY 

 PROPERLY FILLED 

 WITH CONCRETE. 



Fig. 22. Diagram How to Doctor a Tree. 

 From "The Planting and Care of Shade Trees", 1912. 



