. A treatise on pruning forest and ornamental Fig. 1. — Badly pruned Beech :its trunk covered with cavities ofdifferent depths and partly filledwith water. 8 TREE PRUNING. at the top; the lower branches die from insiifiScientnourishment, fall off, and leave, when large, bare. Fig. 2. — A young unpruned Oak growing in rich soil. A. Deadbranches. B. Branches broken by the wind or by the weight ofsnow and ice. decaj^ed spots, which gradually penetrate to theheart of the tree, and ruin also its commercialvalue (Fig. 3). Wounds caused by the breaking off of largebranches by wind or snow pro
. A treatise on pruning forest and ornamental Fig. 1. — Badly pruned Beech :its trunk covered with cavities ofdifferent depths and partly filledwith water. 8 TREE PRUNING. at the top; the lower branches die from insiifiScientnourishment, fall off, and leave, when large, bare. Fig. 2. — A young unpruned Oak growing in rich soil. A. Deadbranches. B. Branches broken by the wind or by the weight ofsnow and ice. decaj^ed spots, which gradually penetrate to theheart of the tree, and ruin also its commercialvalue (Fig. 3). Wounds caused by the breaking off of largebranches by wind or snow produce the same results(Fig. 4). There is no remedy for the dangerouseffects of such accidents except in pruning; it is asimple question of surgery. Without pruning, thetree must sooner or later decaj^; with pruning, itsvalue may be preserved. The secret of obtaining a complete cure in alloperations requiring the removal of a branch, eitherliving or dead, consists in cutting close to, and perfectlyeven tvith, the trunk. Many authorities have hintedat this, the cardinal principle of all pruning ; but M. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. de Courval first clearly demonstrated its importance,while his discovery of the value of coal-tar or therefuse from gas-works as acovering for wounds ma
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