liRCH, 1917 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
109 
ARE you neglecting your trees ? 
Do you know positively that 
they are strong and healthy — 
are you sure they are free from 
decay and disease ? 
The owner of the tree shown above assumed that 
its condition was perfect, but he intended to find 
out some day for a certainty. 
His neglect was fatal. The tree, sound in appear- 
ance to the untrained eye, inside was seriously 
decayed. One day a severe storm blew and the 
weakened tree gave way — ruined beyond saving! 
It was a case of “the last straw which broke the 
camel’s back.” 
Take no chances with your trees — have them 
examined now. 
But be sure to select Tree Surgeons of proved 
ability — experts who can save your trees without 
guessing or experiment. 
Davey Tree Surgery Is Safe 
Your trees, many of them the product of several generations, 
are priceless. Once lost, they can not be restored in your life- 
time, or that of your children. 
To whom shall you entrust them? There can be only one an- 
swer, for there is only one safe place to go — to Davey Tree 
Surgeons. 
Safe — because Davey Tree Surgery is time-proved; its record 
of successful performance for thousands of estate owners spans 
a generation. 
Safe — because the Davey Company is a successful institu- 
tion of financial stability and amply able to make good in 
every detail. 
Safe — because no Davey Tree Surgeon is allowed any respon- 
sibility until he has conclusively demonstrated his fitness. 
He must have served his full course of thorough practical 
training and scientific study in the Davey Institute of Tree 
Surgery — a school, the only one of its kind in the world, which 
we conduct for the specific purpose of drilling our men in Davey 
methods and Davey ideals. 
Safe — because Davey Tree Surgery has been endorsed as best 
by the United States Government, after exhaustive official 
investigation. 
Safe — because Davey Tree Surgery is recommended by thous- 
ands of prominent men and women whose endorsement you 
can accept with complete confidence. (Several such endorse- 
ments appear on the right.) 
Tree “patching’* cannot save your trees. Only scientific 
mechanically perfect treatment by men trained through years 
to the point of finished skill can be permanently successful. 
And for such treatment by such men there is only one safe 
place to go — to Davey Tree Surgeons. 
Write to-day for Free Examination 
of your Trees 
— and booklet, “When Your Trees Need the Tree Surgeon.** 
What is the real condition of your trees? Are insidious dis- 
eases and hidden decay slowly undermining their strength? 
Will the next severe storm claim one or more as its victims? 
Only the experienced Tree Surgeon can tell you fully and 
definitely. Without cost or obligation to you, a Davey Tree 
Surgeon will visit your place, and render an honest verdict 
regarding their condition and needs. Write to-day. 
The Davey Tree Expert Co., Inc. 
1203 Elm Street, Kent, Ohio 
0 Operating the Davey Institute of Tree Surgery , Kent , Ohio.) 
Branch Offices, with Telephone Connections: 
New York, Philadelphia and Chicago 
Permanent representatives located at Boston, Newport, 
Lenox, Hartford, Albany, Poughkeepsie, White Plains, Stam- 
ford, Jamaica, L. I., Morristown, N. J., Philadelphia, Harris- 
burg, Baltimore, Washington, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, 
Detroit, Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minnea- 
polis, St. Louis, Kansas City. Canadian Address: 81 St. 
Peter Street, Quebec. 
Five typical letters from 
hundreds by satisfied 
Davey clients 
Mr. William Almy, William Almy iff 
Co., Boston: 
“The skill of your workmen is remarkable. I 
am sorry I did not have this work done sooner 
as I apparently lost a tree by not having an 
expert examine my trees before." 
Mr. Joseph Pulitzer , Jr., owner of the 
New York World and the St. Louis Post- 
Dispatch: 
“Your work on the trees on my place was done in 
a most thorough and painstaking manner." 
D. S. Chamberlain , President , Chamber- 
lain Medicine Co., Des Moines, Iowa: 
“I congratulate you on the excellent work you 
are doing. I have seen much of this character 
of work done in some foreign countries, as well 
as in the United States, but none as perfect, 
scientific and satisfactory as yours." 
Dr. G. L. Doenges, Superintendent , The 
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.: 
“We have been very much impressed by the 
work done here by the Davey Tree Company." 
Mr. Robert E. Friend, Second Ward 
Savings Bank, Milwaukee, Wis.: 
“I cannot commend too highly the work you 
have done both this year and last on our place 
at Pine Lake. Your work on the University 
Club trees here in the city, under my super- 
vision, was also very good indeed." 
Davey Tree Surgeons 
FOR SAFE TREE SURGERY 
Every real Davey Tree Surgeon is in the employ of the Davey Tree Expert Company and the public is cautioned against those falsely representing themselves 
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