26 



I carpenter's hammer (medium weight), .40 



I machinist's hammer (for driving bolts), .75 



I lo-inch monkey wrench (for screwing up bolts), .65 



I spade, 1.00 



I pair heavy tinsmith's shears (for cutting wire guards), 1.50 



I pair linemen's pliers (for putting up guards), .90 



I 50-foot hemp clothes-line (for hoisting tools, etc., into trees), .25 



1 IOC-foot ^ in. hemp rope (for lowering large limbs, etc.), 3.15 



I stencil brush (for applying coal tar to cuts), .25 



In addition to these tools most towns need a spraying outfit in 

 these days. When much work is to be done, the complete power 

 outfits are the most serviceable and economical. They will cost 

 $250 to $300. Smaller hand pump outfits can be obtained at from $25 

 up to $125, which latter figure is as low a price as will secure a really 

 practical equipment for shade tree work. 



TREE GUARDS. 



E. A. START. 



There are many tree guards on the market. A few are good, some 

 are unhandsome and themselves disfigure the tree, and some are so 

 attached that they cramp the tree and interfere with its health and 



growth. A tree guard should pro- 

 tect the tree to a height of about 

 six feet, should be as light and in- 

 conspicuous as is consistent with 

 strength and protection, and should 

 allow the tree ample opportunity for 

 growth. A neat and inexpensive 

 guard used in Brookline is made as 

 follows: Use No. 16 one-inch mesh 

 wire, 32 inches wide. Cut a strip six and a half feet long. Cut 

 through the mesh at the top of one of the twisted parts. This will 

 leave one edge like A in Fig. 5, which is to form the top of the 

 guard, and the other like B, which will be the bottom. Roll the wire 

 in the opposite direction from that in which it comes to you. That 

 is, lengthwise with the selvedge edge and fold the upper edge over 

 close to the netting at the next twist. (See dotted line A, Fig. 5.) 

 This must be on the outside, leaving a perfectly smooth surface on 

 the inner side, so that there will be no danger of the tree being marred 



Fig. 5. Wire for tree guard. 



