. Documentary journal of Indiana 1905 . No. 7. A red maple in an old German garden. Notice the results of the per-sistent pruning, which the old gardener thought necessary. plant one of them, rather than butcher some tall growing tree thatdoes not come up to your expectations. Too often people plant trees unthinkingly, and with no eye forthe future—then if the results are not satisfactory the trees get theblame and the trimming. Another class of tree butchering is illustrated in cut No. 10, and State Board of Forestry. 55 it is hard to conjecture what insane motives prompted snch awfulwork. Th
. Documentary journal of Indiana 1905 . No. 7. A red maple in an old German garden. Notice the results of the per-sistent pruning, which the old gardener thought necessary. plant one of them, rather than butcher some tall growing tree thatdoes not come up to your expectations. Too often people plant trees unthinkingly, and with no eye forthe future—then if the results are not satisfactory the trees get theblame and the trimming. Another class of tree butchering is illustrated in cut No. 10, and State Board of Forestry. 55 it is hard to conjecture what insane motives prompted snch awfulwork. This sort of trimming (if it may be called by so mild aname) can have but one result—the trees inevitably die. And yetthis species of imbecility is rampant throughout the country today,as cuts ISTos. 11, 12 and 13 will in some measure show. Such workis more than a demonstration of idiocy, it is an offense against the. No. 10. See text. common decency of nature; it is the destruction of property right-fully belonging to the people and to the State. The profanation ofa temple of God would be a no more sacrilegious act. I was recently called upon to examine a IsTorway maple treeinfested with borers. The owner had first noticed the trouble somethree years before, and at that time sent for a professional treeman. The tree doctor, self-styled, wisely informed him thatthe tree was dying, that the roots were unable to supply nourish- 56 Fifth Afistual Report ment enough for the limbs and the only cure was to cut off some ofthe branches, so that the remaining ones might get all of the food,and tlius be kejot alive. Forty years ago that might have passed,but science has progressed too much in the intervening years to besatisfied v^ith any such theory today. One of the first things astudent of botany learns, is that plants make their own food. Letme outline how thev do it.
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