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and plunged in the manner referred to in calendar 

 of operations for June. 



The wire house will form an excellent recep- 

 tacle for them during the growing season, until 

 the fruit is gathered. Then they can be placed 

 outside again. After the plum trees have been 

 potted, they can be placed inside the wire house 

 and properly protected. In this way they wiU be 

 safe from all attacks of the bullfinch until they 

 are placed in the glass house again to flower. 



A'\'^ire houses are not a necessity, but are in 

 every way decidedly better than any kind of fish 

 netting that can be used, and being an up-to-date 

 structure, 1 ha^'e no doubt that there are many 

 people who will use them. Having used them 

 myself, I can testify as to their ^'alue. I would 

 advise any one, who can afford the outlay, to try 

 them. 



Many people are \ ery sceptical with regard to 

 the ^'alue of an enclosure of wire-netting, whether 

 in the form of a house or otherwise, as they ha^e 

 been led to believe that they are detrimental to 

 the well-being of the trees. Some persist in 

 saying that the birds must not be shut away from 

 the trees, or they will become so infested with 

 insects as to do httle or no good. This is simply 

 a delusion. 



If the instructions given be duly followed, the 



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