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fort should be made to save the tree ; it should 

 be protected from any possible damage at the 

 hands of excavators, ditchers, or carpenters, 

 and where one obtains such a prize one should 

 make every effort to set the house so that the 

 tree need not be sacrificed. Even if it is nec- 

 essary to locate the dwelling three or four feet 

 in one direction or another from the site origi- 

 nally selected it will usually pay to make the 

 change; the builder can well afford to accomo- 

 date himself to the requirements of a stately 

 and magnificent tree specimen which, no matter 

 how he might plant or cultivate, could hardly 

 be duplicated in the course of a lifetime. 



PRUNINGr 



Very often the fact that such trees are estab- 

 lished on the lot purchased presents not a few 

 problems for solution. The tree may, for in- 

 stance, interfere with the grading desired. 

 This, however, is not difficult to overcome if a 

 little ingenuity is exercised. Sometimes the 

 trees will require pruning and wherever such 

 is the case the work should be undertaken by 

 a person of unquestioned knowledge and ex- 

 perience. Too often splendid specimens of 

 trees have been ruined by "butchers" who 



