. The care of trees in lawn, street and park. With a list of trees and shrubs for decorative use. Trees; Trees. Manner of Operation 87 Nor should the pruning as now be trusted to men who get all they cut off, and whose whole notion of pruning, accord- ingly, is 'ax and it shall be given unto you.' Do pray take this matter into your hands — for you know how to love a tree — and give us a modern instance of a wise ; Manner of Operation. We may distinguish between trimming or heading in, wliich refers to cutting back or shortening of twigs and small branchlets with shear or knife, and pr
. The care of trees in lawn, street and park. With a list of trees and shrubs for decorative use. Trees; Trees. Manner of Operation 87 Nor should the pruning as now be trusted to men who get all they cut off, and whose whole notion of pruning, accord- ingly, is 'ax and it shall be given unto you.' Do pray take this matter into your hands — for you know how to love a tree — and give us a modern instance of a wise ; Manner of Operation. We may distinguish between trimming or heading in, wliich refers to cutting back or shortening of twigs and small branchlets with shear or knife, and pruning proper, which refers to operations with axe and saw in removing larger branches. It is in these latter operations that care is most needful, in order to avoid secondary damage from fungus disease. The tools must be sharp; the saw with wide set for laige branches; the cut must be made smooth. When cutting heavy long branches there is danger of the weight of the branch breaking it off before the cut is completed, splitting, spHntering, and tearing off bark. To avoid this, two cuts should be made, the one at some dis- tance, — two or three feet — from the base of the branch, to relieve the leverage, the other, which is the final one, or near the final one, at the base; in both cases first sawing a kerf or notching from below half way through the branch, and then sawing or notching from above, in order to avoid splitting and tearing off bark on the lower side. With very large branches or tops to be removed, mechan- ical appHances, such as chains and ropes, varying with conditions to suit the case, for the purpose of avoiding. Fig. 17.—Method of removing a heavy branch without split- ting and tearing the bark on the under side, the lower notch being made Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the ori
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