106 GENERAL ADVICE 



are very abundant, it may be advisable to wrap 

 fine wire netting about the base of the tree. 

 Various washes may be put upon the tree to keep 

 rabbits away, a number of which may be found 

 in the "Horticulturist's Rule -Book." A boy who 

 is fond of trapping or hunting will ordinarily 

 solve the rabbit difficulty. Rags tied upon sticks 

 which are placed at intervals about the plantation 

 will often frighten rabbits away. 



Trees which are girdled by mice should be 

 wrapped up as soon as discovered, so that the 



104. Cyclone and Vermorel nozzles. 



wood shall not become too dry. When warm 

 weather approaches, shave off the edges of the 

 girdle so that the healing tissue may grow freely, 

 smear the whole surface with grafting -wax, or 

 with clay, and bind the whole wound with strong 

 cloths. Even though the tree is completely girdled 

 for a distance of three or four inches, it may gen- 

 erally be saved by this treatment, unless the in- 

 jury extends into the wood. The sap from the 

 roots rises through the soft wood and not between 

 the bark and the wood, as commonly supposed. 

 When this sap has reached the foliage, it is elabo- 

 rated and changed into plant -food,, and this food 



