STALK NURSM"^ 
having no com- 
manding trunk. 
Even if it has a 
straight trunk and 
one large branch 
it is still a forked 
tree. The wind 
sways such a tree 
unevenly, and a 
crack in the fork 
results. The crack 
is produced when 
the tree is small, 
the rain enters the 
crack, and decay 
sets in. At a later 
time, usually when 
the tree has be- 
come valuable for 
shade or ornamen- 
tal purposes, one 
of the branches 
will be torn off in 
a wind-storm, and 
the tree will be 
hopelessly muti- 
lated. The whole 
Example of a forked tree having crack made by branch modem art of tree 
blowing off surgery has been 
invented to remedy these mutilations. If only good trees were 
planted, there would be no need for "tree surgeons." 
A good tree, on the other hand, has a strong trunk, single 
and straight, with many branches. It is symmetrical and hand- 
some in form. These branch limbs are small in proportion 
to the main trunk and rarely crack. If they should be torn off 
in a storm, the injury to the tree would be insignificant. 
The nursery at Amawalk has been established for the 
