ALWAYS CAREFUL WHEN LOPPING

“His love for this arboreal element made him, as all real loves do, become merciless even to the point of hurting, wounding and amputating so as to help growth and give shape.

Certainly he was always careful when pruning and lopping; (…) thus he would see that the branches which he used as a bridge between one tree and another were always saved, and reinforced by the suppression of others.”