. The care of trees in lawn, street and park. With a list of trees and shrubs for decorative use. Trees; Trees. Fig. 14. — Levin's patent pruning shears. trees with sprawling branch .systems, as in the case of the Soft ]\Iaple, is to make the crown more compact and thereby to increase its resistance to wind breakage. Unless this operation is judi- ciously performed there is danger of spoiling the natural form and making the crown formal and undesirable. Whenever twigs or branches are dying without a visible cause, it is in many, if not in most cases a sign that the root and branch systems are
. The care of trees in lawn, street and park. With a list of trees and shrubs for decorative use. Trees; Trees. Fig. 14. — Levin's patent pruning shears. trees with sprawling branch .systems, as in the case of the Soft ]\Iaple, is to make the crown more compact and thereby to increase its resistance to wind breakage. Unless this operation is judi- ciously performed there is danger of spoiling the natural form and making the crown formal and undesirable. Whenever twigs or branches are dying without a visible cause, it is in many, if not in most cases a sign that the root and branch systems are not in equilibrium, and it is proper to remove not only the dead wood, but also some of the green wood, in order to give the root system opportunity to do its work more easily. How se\Trely this surgery may be applied depends on the condition of the individual, the species, and the age. Some species, even when quite old, respond more readily to the treatment than others, and they may be cut back severely into old parts and yet rehabilitate thcnxselves. Others, Hke the ash, do not respond so readily and lose, as does also the oak in very old age, the power of re- placement by dormant buds. Per- which have not been haps it may be a law that all those pruned, liable to inlro- ,, ' , i-i j- ^1 Su^e rot. that sprout readily from the stump, such as the oak (when young), chestnut, basswood, and maple, also respond readily to the pruning Fig Broken branches. 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 original Fernow, B. E. (Bernhard Eduard), 1851-1923. New York Holt
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