Tree-Pruning in Economic Forestry 



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our squares and gardens will unfortunately reveal how 

 prevalent is the maltreatment of trees in the way of pruning. 

 There might be some excuse for planting our noblest forest 

 trees in cramped and unsuitable positions were there no 

 other species of smaller growth that would take their place, 

 but the Pyrus, Crataegus, dwarf Acacia, Mulberry, Catalpa 

 and Sumach surely give us sufficient scope for choosing trees 

 of restricted growth for confined positions and so do away 

 with the barbarous system of pruning which the use of 

 large-growing species necessitates. 



BAD EFFECTS OF PRUNING 



Even in the case of dwarf avenues and screens it is quite 

 unnecessary to use such large-growing trees as the lime and 

 plane where pruning must oft be resorted to, for an avenue 

 or screen of thorn or mulberry, the beam tree or mountain 

 ash would be more suitable, and in the end far more natural 

 and artistic in appearance. 



To sum up in a few words, my contention is that no tree 

 should be planted in a position where, in order to keep it 



