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should be painted over with some composition for 

 their protection. Many different mixtures have been 

 recommended, but in actual practice nothing is bet- 

 ter than plain white lead paint. A small amount of 

 paris green or other coloring matter may be added 



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FIG. 27 — TWO-YEAR-OLD PEACH, BUSH FORM 



to the white lead merely to give the wounds a more 

 agreeable coloring. A considerable number of glar- 

 ing white spots in a tree do not look well, but aside 

 from the shock to the observer's esthetic sensibili- 

 ties the white color does no harm. 



