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EXTRA SPECIMEN TREES FOR IMMEDIATE 



EFFECT. 



With'the improved methods now employed, large trees up to 12 or 15 inches diameter of trunk 

 can be moved even considerable distances with comparative safety. 



For this work a specially constructed appliance is used, and as it possesses a lifting capacity of 

 some 250 horse-power, it is now possible to take up a tree with a large ball of earth, often 10 or 12 feet 

 in diameter, thus eliminating the former risk caused by the loss of the small fibrous roots and undue 

 mutilation of the larger roots. The tree is hauled roots forward, thus preventing the injury to the 

 branches incident to the discarded method of moving with the top of the tree forward. 



The cost of the work as compared with the advantage of obtaining immediate effect, when desired 

 or necessary, is moderate, and the percentage of loss small. 



The price of this work depends largely upon the size of the trees and the distance thej- are to be 

 moved. Estimates and particulars will be furnished on application. 



A Practical Result in Large Tree Moving. 



The Evergreens shown in the above illustration, photographed some months after planting, were 

 moved in the spring of 1900 at Tuxedo Park, N. Y. These trees were taken from the native woods 

 and moved a considerable distance. In size they range from six inches to a foot or more in diameter 

 of trunk. 



Please accept my thanks for the prompt attention given to my order and for the care exercised in sending 

 only good material of the 5,525 trees, shrubs and vines furnished. 



St. Louis, Mo. W. T. 



