A GIRDLED TREE. 



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an upright position. The tree was living and look- 

 ing perfectly healthy. It was supported on three 

 short columns, with the portion of the body that had 

 been girdled, dead and removed, thus leaving an 

 opening in the trunk of the tree between the col- 

 umns. 



Remembering the successful experiment with the 

 cherry tree, I now set to work ; pr3pared the scions 

 by beveling them on the same side at both ends, and 

 with a budding knife made an opening both on the 

 upper and lower edges of the bark. In each tree 

 that was completely girdled, I inserted three scions, 

 and where there was a small connection of bark left, 

 I inserted one scion. I fastened them by a band, 



FIG. 16. 



