\V,nk I.I tiic hiitchcr In n city sircct, .mil 

 there Isn't a Itk'Uriirh wire to exciisi- It 



Till! ow'iiLT of lltt liirm on llic kll saved tiis trees by compelling the 

 leltKrapli company tu plaue its poles odtsiile o( his line 



This was a fine specimL-n of a pin oak before the 

 linemen made room for their wiresi 



Tree Surgery: Its Application and the Reasons Why 



till- uri ol lu-aliiic ;i >lisc;isrii tree, of icnioviiig and ovci - 

 i, ami 'it r^■|l:Tirill^ aam^i;<-- to it, lias become an exact 

 lii|.ril b\' ^^■;lr^ iif i>alieiil slinly oi llio comlitions aficct- 

 , irri's, I Ik' wuii.lnlul a. liicvemciUs ol Tree S>irt;cry arc a s|>k-mli<! 

 i-\aini'l(' "I ^u.■^l^^ whiilicrowii^ the efiorts of a man oi one 

 iJea, to which he i.iKeaM.itlv .ievmes himself until he arrives at the tniition of 

 his |»ersistence. In correct l>ec Siirtjerv all treatnu-nt is basc.l upon the fact tliat 

 a tree is a livinf; iUmn an,!, like all other livini; things, it li.as a rij-ht to enjoy 

 lik- to its greatest cMcnt, aiul to live out the full number of years Nature 

 inteniied tbat it shonlil live. 



Tolin Uavev. who is tlic father of 'l>ee Surgery, did not stumble upon tlie sci- 

 ence by mere accident. His love for trees was a heritage from a father who loved 

 them etiually well; who cared for themi who made friends of them. To that 



love, care am! friendship, the son has added painstaking research and study. 

 When he published "The Tree Doctor," some nine years ago, it was immedi- 

 ately recognized as the exposition of an entirely new idea of tree life and its preserva- 

 tion, No one knows trees as docs this man who has made tliem a life-study; who 

 has learned their needs, their diseases and their sufferings, from years of observa- 

 (ion; and who has found, by actual experience, the remedies for the ills which 

 artlict them. In this self-evident trurh is found the secret of John Davey's 

 uniforo) success as tree surgeon, when so many alleged tree doctors fad m their 

 efforts. 



In pursuing his investigations, Mr. Davey found that many trees were suffer- 

 ing from causes never before suspected. Some were the result of the natural 

 decay from old age or conditions over which no one had control; others were 

 inflicted by wind storms, sleet and other weather conditions, which. 



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