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by the fungus, and small examples are often entirely enveloped 
in its folds. 
In nurseries where the ground is carefully cultivated the 
ASH SAPLING STRANGLED BY THELEPHORA. 
fungus does not gain a foothold, and when trees are planted in 
localities where the fungus abounds, if the soil round the stem jis 
broken up once a year all danger will be avoided. 
