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NATURE STUDY AND LIFP: 



;r, in my vari- 



Instead of inclosing the trees in guards, it has always seemed more 

 fitting tlie ci-ime if those who injure them were put into the guards 

 for a while. Still, accidents are likely to happen, and cheaper and 

 less conspicuous guards may be made with strong wire netting fas- 

 tened ai'ound the trunk, as shown in Fig. 14S. However, 



ous travels I have found 



at least one city where 



])ublic sentiment ade- 



quatelv protects the shade 



trees of its beautiful streets. 



This city is Richmond, 



Indiana, and it may well 



stand as the ideal for less 



favored cities in this re- 

 spect. Its wide streets, 



with their four rows of 



beautiful trees, without 



guards of any sort, and 



none of them injured, make 



its residential sections 



])i"acticallv forest parks, 



shady and cool Ijy day 



and a fairyland under the 



electric lights at night. 



Nut trees and their 

 planting and treat- 

 ment should form a 

 study well calculated 

 to appeal to the 

 children. Nuts are a 

 delicious and wholesome food for the fall and winter 

 months, and nutting parties are outings with exercise 

 and purpose in them. Are there nuts enough, and a 

 good variety, for all the children to have a supply from 



F[G. 147. 

 Tree Guards 



Fig. 14S. 

 Wire Gu.\rds 



