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PARISIAN TREE GUARDS 
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PARISIAN TREE GUARDS. 
[VENUES of trees form one of the special features of adornment in and 
about Paris, and it naturally follows that the best means of protecting 
their stems from injury is an important consideration in the eyes of the 
authorities. Through the courtesy of the publisher of Les Promenades 
de Paris , we are able to give the accompanying figure of the Tree Guard 
generally adopted for this purpose, and which, while it is particularly elegant 
and appropriate in character, is found to be in every way effective. The con- 
