THE HANDLING OF THE PLANTS 



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*' To bolt a tree correctly is comparatively inexpensive. The 

 safest method consists in passing a strong bolt through a 



hole bored in the branch for this 

 purpose, and fastening it on the 



164. Trees ruined to allow of the 165. Accommodating a wall to a valuable 

 passage of wires. tree. 



outside by means of a washer and a nut. Generally the washer 

 has been placed against the bark and the nut then holds it 

 in place. A better method of bolting, and 

 one which insures a neat ap- 

 pearance of the branch in ad- 

 dition to serving as the most 

 certain safeguard against the 

 entrance of disease, is to coun- 

 ter-sink the nut in the bark and 

 imbed it in portland cement. 

 The hole for the sinking of 

 the nut and washer is thickly coated with lead paint and then 

 with a layer of cement, on which are placed the nut and washer, 

 both of which are then imbedded in cement. If the outer 



166. The death of 

 long stub. 



167. Bungling 

 pruning. 



