GARDEX A\l) ESTATE EXEMIES 



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Elephants sometimes commit serious depredations on estates 

 or gardens, especially on young clearings or plantations, either by 

 pulling up or trampling down the plants. A barbed-wire fence is 

 the best protection. 



Flying foxes (Ptcropus Edwanisii}. These are often an annoy- 

 ance in the low-country. They commit their depredations on ripen- 

 ing or fleshy fruits by night, and usually do a considerable amount 

 of damage to the foliage of trees which they inhabit, sometimes 



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FLYING FOXKS ON" THK WING. I'ERADENIYA GARDENS. 



entirely stripping and killing these. A net is the only safeguard 

 against them. Frequent tiring at them with a gun scares them 

 away for a time. 



Crows are sometimes formidable enemies to bulbs and 

 certain young plants. The usual protective means is to shoot one 

 occasionally, and hang it up where it is desired to scare others. 

 It' may sometimes be necess:iry to protect the plants or seeds with 

 a net. A method adopted in California to prevent crows from 



