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Some cover the bark of the trunk with a coat of 

 treacle, printer's ink, or any greasy, sticky, or oily stuif ; 

 or better, they put the coat on paper or rags wrapped 

 round the trunk. If this plan be followed, tar, a very 

 efficacious dressing, might be used ; but, in all cases, the 

 dressing must be renewed when dry. 



Again, to hinder climbing insects from ascending the 

 trunk, a small bason, filled with oil or tar, is placed 



115. — Pollard willows. 



round the trunk, at the foot of the trejs, and the trunk 

 is washed with soft-soap, thin whitewash, etc. 



An excellent dressing is the following : mix a pound 

 of flour of brimstone with a quarter of a bushel of 

 quick-lime, pouring on a quantity of hot water sufficient 

 to make the whole of the consistence of ordinary white- 

 wash. This must be done in a closed vessel. Apply the 



