68 THE NURSERY AND THE ORCHARD. 



to the limbs with' copper wire (fig. 55), and examined 

 often to see that the wires do not become imbedded in 

 the growing wood. They are sometimes cut with a nar- 

 row end, which is bent around the limb in a single 

 coil, it expands as the limb grows, and does not cut 

 into the bark. 



