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New Guard for single Trees. 



branches of thorn round their stems with willow shoots ; " 

 which was any thing but satisfactory. 



As the subject deserves some attention, I herewith send you 

 a sketch of a tree-guard in use at this place, which I consider 

 to combine all the required qualities, in a degree far beyond 

 comparison with any other mode I have ever seen. It is a 

 hexagon {Jig. 11.) 

 composed merely 

 of rustic materials : 

 oak stumps driven 

 into the ground, 

 to rise 1 6 in. ave- 

 rage ; and the 

 rails, consisting of 

 split hurdle poles, 

 or any similar ma- 

 terial, nailed upon 

 them, and a little 

 inclined, as shown 

 in the sketch. 

 {Jig. 12.) It is 

 needless to en- 

 ter into any com- 

 parison with other modes of guarding : the advantages of this 

 will be apparent, at a glance, to any one at all acquainted 



with the sub- 

 la a a A J ect - I sna11 



only add, that 

 its efficiency 

 has been suffi- 



ciently proved 

 by exposure to 

 horses, bul- 

 locks, deer, and 

 asses. 



You are quite 

 aware that it is 

 a matter of vast 

 importance to 

 new inventions 

 to bestow suit- 

 able appella- 

 tions upon 

 them. Our new guards have, no doubt, from a conviction of 

 the truth of the above remarks, been styled Dendrophylac- 

 tics, which is to remain, when immortalised in the Gardener's 



