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NATURE STUDY AND LIFE 



Instead of inclosing the trees in guards, it has always seemed more 

 fitting the crime if those who injure them* were put into the guards 

 for a while. Still, accidents are likely to happen, and cheaper and 

 less conspicuous guards may be made with strong wire netting fas- 

 tened around the trunk, as shown in Fig. 148. However, in my vari- 

 ous travels I have found 



at least one city where 



public sentiment ade- 

 quately protects the shade 



trees of its beautiful streets. 



This city is Richmond, 



Indiana, and it may well 



stand as the ideal for less 



favored cities in this re- 

 spect. Its wide streets, 



with their four rows of 



beautiful trees, without 



guards of any sort, and 



none of them injured, make 



its residential sections 



practically forest parks, 



shady and cool by day 



and a fairyland under the 



electric lights at night. 



Nut trees and their 

 planting and treat- 

 ment should form a 

 study well calculated 

 to appeal to the 

 children. Nuts are a 

 delicious and wholesome food for the fall and winter 

 months, and nutting parties are outings with exercise 

 and purpose in them. Are there nuts enough, and a 

 good variety, for all the children to have a supply from 



FIG. 147. 

 TREE GUARDS 



FIG. 148. 

 WIRE GUARDS 



