Legends of Arboriculture Questions

Page 1 LHAP 305 Legends of Arboriculture Study Questions: 1. How has the historic perception of arboriculture changed over time? 2. What were some of the driving stimuli for the growth of arboriculture in the early twentieth century? 3. Was cavity filling thought to be a positive health treatment? Why? Why is it not anymore? 4. What are the drawbacks of planting a mono-culture of a single species? 5. How did the Second World War affect the labor supply for tree companies in the USA? 6. How did chainsaws revolutionize arboriculture? What was used prior? Page 2 7. Comment on how tree spades changed large tree moving. 8. Tree paint? Is painting tree wounds made by pruning saws a thing now? 9. How about pest control? How has it changed in the tree care industry? What was the role of the ISA in helping to educate and change old ways of thinking and doing?