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Plate 87 



The Herculine Tree Machine 

 for Moving Large Native Trees 



IN ever_v community, or in the country surrounding 

 every town, there is a native growth of trees such 

 as Ehn, Oak, Asli and Maple, and when such trees have 

 reached a diameter of six to eight inches of trunk, with 

 a spread of head running from ten to twenty feet, they 

 are very valuable landscape material. Heretofore it 

 has been impossible to move such trees with any degree 

 of success and all impro\'ements had to ])egin with small 

 nursery stock. All this is changed, however, and by 

 the use of our Herculine Tree Machine it is now pos- 

 sible to convert a barren piece of countryside into a 

 place which the slow processes of nature wovild rec[uire 

 twenty years to produce. This device is especially 

 valuable for parks, cemeteries and large estates where 

 ample funds are available for the purpose, and bv its 

 use we can build a forest in a fortnight. Our ma- 

 chines lift a tree with a large ball of earth which makes 

 growth certain, and we can now promise you land- 

 scapes while you wait, or rather landscapes without 

 waiting. All you have to do is to show us the tree 

 and we will move it for you an3^where you wish. From 

 anywhere to anywhere is our slogan. 



The tree shown on the machine is an American 

 AYhite Elm of eight inches caliper measurement. It 

 was transplanted in the spring of 1909 and in the sum- 

 mer of the same year appeared as shown in plate 28. 



GREENING'S ORNAMENTAL EXHIBIT 



Exhibit of Greening's Big Nurseries on the State Fair Grounds at Detroit, Mich., 

 Fall, 1909. The shrubs in bloom near the tent are Hydrangea Paniculata; the tree with 

 a globular head is a Bay-Tree. You see the Michigan Building, which was erected by 

 the State at the Louisiana Exposition, St. Louis. It was afterwards donated to the 

 Michigan Fair Association and removed to Detroit. The tall shrubs near the founda- 

 tion are Spiraea Van Houttei, Spiraea Aurea, Symphoricarpus Rubra, and those in 

 bloom are Hydrangeas. The large trees are native Elms transplanted with our tree- 

 moving device. The young man in the picture is Howard Taft, a student with the 

 Greening Landscape Company. He is a son of Prof. L. K. Taft of the Michigan 

 Agricultural College and nephew of President Taft. 



