. A treatise on pruning forest and ornamental Fi^. 18. — Pruning knifecarried at the waist. Fig. 19. — Pruning knifecarried under tlie arm. fill, and facilitates the operation of pruning ; it maybe used with one or both hands, and serves to lop offlarge branches, protuberances on the trunk, or thedead stumps of branches, which from their hardnesswould soon dull the edge of the best pruning saw, too, is very useful in cutting large branches,but it requires so much practice to use this tool skil-fully that it cannot be generally recommended. Ladders. — Each laborer should be equi
. A treatise on pruning forest and ornamental Fi^. 18. — Pruning knifecarried at the waist. Fig. 19. — Pruning knifecarried under tlie arm. fill, and facilitates the operation of pruning ; it maybe used with one or both hands, and serves to lop offlarge branches, protuberances on the trunk, or thedead stumps of branches, which from their hardnesswould soon dull the edge of the best pruning saw, too, is very useful in cutting large branches,but it requires so much practice to use this tool skil-fully that it cannot be generally recommended. Ladders. — Each laborer should be equipped with alight ladder, proportionate to the height of the treeon which he is to operate, and broader at the basethan at the top. De Courval recommends that the 24 TREE PRUNING. feet of ladders intended for this purpose should bepointed to prevent them from slipping. This is a goodplan, although hardly sufficient to prevent accident,and the top of the ladder should be fastened with astrong rope to the trunk of the tree to prevent it frombeing
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