CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I A PROGRAM FOR SAVING THE TREES . . i 



II THE TREE'S STRUCTURE AND MANNER OF 



GROWTH 10 



III WOUNDS AND THEIR TREATMENT ... 23 



IV BORING INSECTS AND THEIR CONTROL . . 52 

 V ROT-FUNGI AND THEIR WORK .... 71 



VI THE VALUE AND FUNCTION OF FILLING 



TREES 86 



VII THE FILLING OF CAVITIES MATERIALS 



AND TOOLS 102 



VIII GENERAL METHOD OF FILLING CAVITIES . 119 

 IX THE VARIOUS TYPES OF CAVITIES . . .159 



X THE TREATMENT OF CAVITIES WITHOUT 



FILLING 177 



XI BRACING 198 



XII THE PREVENTION OF WOUNDS AND CAVI- 

 TIES 217 



XIII THE TRADE OF TREE REPAIR .... 233 



XIV NOTES ON THE VARIOUS SPECIES . . . 239 

 BIBLIOGRAPHY 263 



