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The Bark Is Rapidly Covering the Cement \ 
“THE :DAVEY METHOD”. _# 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
Restore 
Trees To 
John Davey 
Father of Tree Surgery 
A periect treesis a rare things. Oniy, 
a very small percentage of our American trees are 
so nearly perfect that they require but a small amount 
of expert work to make them completely so. 
In any 
grove of one hundred trees, native or transplanted, from ten % 
to fifty will be found in a serious condition, as a rule—exceptions 
to this rule are very rarely found. 
Probably half of the remainder 
will show evidences of moderately serious conditions, when examined by 
experts, and other half will grade from that stage to nearly perfect. 
Abuse and neglect are the two chief factors 
which are at work to destroy trees. If even the tini- 
est cavity in a tooth is neglected the inevitable result is 
either a dificult operation in the 
The Vast Majority course of a few years or the loss 
of the tooth. Just so with the 
of Trees Need 
Expert Treatment 
trees—the small and innocent 
looking hole you see today will 
be greatly increased in dimen- 
sions five years hence. As the 
cavity grows in size, it weakens the tree and in but a 
few years the tree will be blown down some_ windy 
day, destroying entirely the growth of years. 
While a tree is but slightly affected it is a com- 
paratively inexpensive matter for it to be treated by 
the Davey experts. They will clean out the cavity, stop 
the decay, fill the hole skill- 
fully and the bark will soon heal 
over it. The longer the tree is 
neglected the more its life is 
endangered and the more it 
costs to save it. It pays to take 
time by the forelock and give 
your trees really expert attention when they least need it. 
As the tree grows worse, treatment becomes more imperative 
and more expensive. 
Prompt Treatment 
of Tree Ills 
Saves Money 
Write us Now about Your Fine Trees and their Examination by an Expert 
The quality service of our experts is now available east of the Missouri river. Our 
corps of special representatives are making up their traveling schedules for spring and 
summer. 
It is quite possible we can arrange to have one of them make an 
examination of your trees without cost and obligation to you—if we hear from 
you at once. 
kinds and where located. 
When you write tell us how many trees you have; what 
We will send you bocklet explaining the 
science of tree surgery and giving ample evidence of its practical 
and permanent value to trees when properly practiced. 
THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT CO., Inc. 
124 Ash Street 
KENT, OHIO 
(Operating the Davey 
Institute of Tree 
Surgery) 
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f Correct Tree Filling as Done By 
“THE DAVEY METHOD” 
April, 1911 
