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Show ARSENIC TO POISON TREES. Simple Matter to Oct Rid of Unwelcome Unwel-come Foliage. A gardener discovered the fact re cently that trees are often sent to an untimely death hy poison, usually arsenic. ar-senic. The reason for this docs not appear until ono hears the man's explanation. ex-planation. Suppose a man has rented a houso which has too much shade, the law will not allow him to have ono or more of the trees cut down without tho consent or tho ownor. Ab It often happens that tenants and landlords hold different views on the subject of shado tho trees remain nB n bono of contention. It Is then that the gardener is called to administer a doso of poison, for when a trco Is dead tho tenant may havo It removed. Flvo cents' worth of arsenic Is sufficient suf-ficient to kill a large tree. A hole Is mado In tho trunk, the arsonlc dropped drop-ped In, and nnturo does tho rest. It never fails. |