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A re you neglecting your trees ? 
Do you know positively that they 
are strong and healthy—are you 
sure they are free from decay and 
disease ? 
It is dangerous to guess about your trees 
—dangerous to procrastinate. 
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 ap¬ 
pearance to the untrained eye, inside was seri¬ 
ously decayed. One day a severe storm blew 
and the weakened tree gave way—ruined be¬ 
yond 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 with¬ 
out guessing or experiment. 
You wouldn’t think of entrusting your body to 
a hospital assistant nor your teeth to a dentist’s 
helper. To entrust your trees to untrained 
and inexperienced men is equally dangerous— 
as dangerous as neglect itself. 
Davey Tree Surgery Is Safe 
Your trees, many of them the product of sev¬ 
eral generations, are priceless. Once lost, they 
can not be restored in your lifetime, or that 
of your children. 
To whom shall you entrust them? There can 
be only one answer, 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 in¬ 
stitution of financial stability and amply able to make 
good in every detail. 
Safe —because no Davey Tree Surgeon is allowed any 
responsibility 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 ex¬ 
haustive official investigation. 
Safe —because Davey Tree Surgery is recommended by 
thousands of prominent men and women whose en¬ 
dorsement you can accept with complete confidence. 
(Several such endorsements appear on the right.) 
Tree “patching” cannot save your trees. Only scien¬ 
tific, mechanically perfect treatment by men trained 
through years to the point of finished skill can be per¬ 
manently successful. And for such treatment by such 
men there is only one safe place to go—to Davey Tree 
Surgeons. 
Write today 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 diseases and hidden decay slowly under¬ 
mining 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. With¬ 
out cost or obligation to you, a Davey Tree Surgeon will 
visit your place, and render an honest verdict regarding 
their condition and needs. Write today. 
The Davey Tree Expert Co., Inc. 
503 Elm St., Kent, Ohio 
(Operating the Davey Institute of Tree Surgery, Kent, Ohio.) 
Branch Offices, with Telephone Connections: 
225 Fifth Ave., New York; 2017 Land Title Bldg., 
Philadelphia; 450 McCormack Bldg., Chicago, 
Permanent representatives located at Boston, Newport, 
Lenox, Hartford, Albany, Poughkeepsie, White Plains, 
Stamford, Jamaica, L. 1., Morristown, N. J., Phila¬ 
delphia, Harrisburg, Baltimore, Washington, Buffalo, 
Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Cincinnati, Louisville, 
Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas 
City. Canadian Address: 81 St. Peter Street, Quebec. 
Five typical letters from hun¬ 
dreds by satisfied Davey 
clients 
Mr. William Almy, William Almy & 
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, Cham¬ 
berlain 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 satisfac¬ 
tory as yours.” 
Dr. G. L. Doenges, Superintendent, 
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Balti¬ 
more, Md.: 
“We have been very much impressed by the 
work done here by the Davey Tree Com¬ 
pany.” 
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 Uni¬ 
versity Club trees here in the city, under my 
supervision, was also very good indeed.” 
Koery real Davey Tree Surgeon is in the employ of the Davey Tree Expert Company and the public ts cautioned against those f alsely representing themselves. 
