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form of a plain cylinder, or the paper may be cut into strips from four 

 to six inches wide and wrapped spirally about the stem to the desired 

 height, beginning at the base and fastened with twine in the usual way. 



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18. Combination wire clotli and 

 building paper. 



There are two points of superiority in the plan of spiral wrapping, 

 over the cylindrical protector ; first, a crooked bodied tree can be closely 

 and neatly covered (see picture above) ; second, the spiral wrapper is 

 more resistant to the strong winds of winter which sometimes play havoc 

 even with building paper protectors if not securely fastened with twine 

 spirally applied. 



COMBINATION V^IRE CLOTH AND BUILDING PAPER. 



This protector, put on as shown in the picture, is trustworthy 

 under almost all conditions. The wire screen discourages the mice 



