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burlap) with rope, wire, or chain. If there is any 

 detached bark it should be bound to the wood with 

 the hope that, even if the bark dies, the cambium 

 will be saved to form a new bark. All exposed 

 surfaces should be covered with one of the ma- 

 terials for preventing drying described in the chap- 

 ter on wounds. If the leaves wilt badly the tree 



Two ways of bracing an entire tree 



should be watered (if it needs it) and the injured 

 branch (but not the whole tree) should be pruned 

 back more or less severely. If, in the end, one 

 branch dies, it must be removed and all the wood 

 which it has detached in the least from the rest 

 of the trunk must be removed and the wound 

 smoothed and dressed. 



Even whole trees which have been wholly or 

 partly uprooted can be straightened up and made 

 to flourish again. Such a process affects the tree 

 somewhat as transplanting does, and is most suc- 

 cessful if it happens to be needed during the trans- 



