The white pine was uninjured 



Many of the pitch pines were broken ofi near the ground 



The larch stood the racket well 



Be Prepared for Ice Storms— By c. D. Jarvis, 



Connec- 

 ticut 



THOSE GORGEOUS DISPLAYS RUIN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF TREES 

 — YOU CAN PREVENT MUCH OF THE DAMAGE AND MINIMIZE THE REST 



[Editor's Note. — Every magazine editor buys a lot of pictures of ice-clad trees, but after a while he sickens of them, because there is nothing to say about them except 

 "See how pretty/" That is not very helpful to the thousands of people who are mourning the loss of grand old trees which they value beyond all price. But now there has waked up 

 in the State of Connecticut a real man who tells us not merely what to do "after the horse is stolen," but how to prevent the original loss. And instead of giving us pictures that 

 are simply pretty, he sends photographs that bring important news and help. Prof. Jarvis is horticulturist of the Storr's Experiment Station. 



SERIOUS injury to small, ornamental 

 trees may often be obviated by pre- 

 venting the accumulation of ice on the ends 

 of the branches. This may be accomplished 

 by knocking the ice off with a wooden stick 

 about the size of a broom handle, or longer 

 if necessary. If the stick is padded with 

 cloth or other soft material, there is less 

 danger of "barking" the trees. It is 

 usually necessary to do this work while 

 the storm is in progress, for the ice is softer 

 and more easily removed at that time. If 

 the ice is allowed to become thick it is 



Native ■white birches bent to the ground, but were 

 uninjured 



removed with great difficulty and if the 

 temperature should suddenly fall the ice 

 becomes set and cannot be shaken off with- 

 out seriously injuring the branches. 



The greatest injury is likely to occur 

 when a strong wind follows a sleet storm 

 before the ice has been removed. If, for 

 any reason, the accumulation of ice cannot 

 be prevented and becomes thick and tightly 

 frozen to the branches, the only hope is in 

 tying and propping. The larger branches of 

 a tree may be supported by roping them to 

 the "leader" or main stem at a point above 

 the branch. The whole tree may then be 

 guyed up with ropes attached to the trunks 

 of other trees. Boards or rails may also be 

 used to prop up a tree against the wind. 

 A single guy or prop may often save a tree 

 like the white birch from losing its top. 



REPAIRING INJURY 



An injured tree, like a wounded soldier, 

 requires immediate treatment. All severed 

 branches should be promptly removed. 

 The remaining stubs also should be sawed 

 off close to the body or main branches of 

 the tree. A clean cut should be made so 

 as to leave a smooth surface and thus prevent 

 the accumulation' of moisture. In order 

 to prevent the entrance of injurious fungi, 

 all cut surfaces should be painted over 

 with a common lead and oil paint. The 

 painted spots may be made less conspicuous 

 by the addition to the paint of some dark 

 green or black coloring matter. Ordinary 

 lampblack will answer the purpose. 



A broken branch may often be replaced in 

 a short time if a small living shoot or twig 

 should happen to be left on a stub. In this 

 case the stub should be sawed off just beyond 



the living sprout. The whole top of a tree 

 may often be replaced in this way. The 

 beauty of some trees, like the birch for ex- 

 ample, is dependent upon a straight main 

 stem or leader, and if this should be broken 

 off it can be repaired only by grafting on a 

 new top. This operation may be successfully 

 performed by anyone familiar with the prac- 

 tice of top grafting. If the stem is large, a 

 number of scions are placed on it in circular 

 form. In this way the chances of getting 

 one to grow are greatly increased. Only one, 

 however, should be allowed to remain. 





While the European birches, having less pliable 

 wood, lost their heads 



