. A treatise on pruning forest and ornamental ^ the cutting off of deadbranches or other excrescences. Whenever it is necessary to amputate a large orlong branch, it should be cut first in such a manneras to leave a stump two or three feet long before thefinal operation of cutting it close to the trunk is un-dertaken (Fig. 28). In this way the danger of tearing APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM. 35 away by the weight of the falling branch portions ofthe bark of the trunk may be avoided. This will pre-. Fig. 28. — Danger of beginning the amputa-tion of a long, heavy branch by a cut closeto the
. A treatise on pruning forest and ornamental ^ the cutting off of deadbranches or other excrescences. Whenever it is necessary to amputate a large orlong branch, it should be cut first in such a manneras to leave a stump two or three feet long before thefinal operation of cutting it close to the trunk is un-dertaken (Fig. 28). In this way the danger of tearing APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM. 35 away by the weight of the falling branch portions ofthe bark of the trunk may be avoided. This will pre-. Fig. 28. — Danger of beginning the amputa-tion of a long, heavy branch by a cut closeto the trunk. A. Point at which the branchshould be first cut. B. Branch badly cut; thebutt striking the workman. vent, too, the serious accidents which often occurwhen a large branch is cut at first close to the trunk,when the end striking the ground may cause the buttto fl}- up and throw down the workman. It is an in-dispensable condition of the prompt healing over andperfect circulation of sap that all wounds should beevenly cut and shaped as nearly as possible to thetrunk of the tree. In order to secure this condition,the operation of amputating a branch should be com- 36 TREE PRUNING. menced by making a notch on its lower side (A, ). This notch should reach the middle of the
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