Show I SAYS DR BARK IS WORSE THAN HIS BITE THIS IS A CORKER i A well known knon citizen of Salt Lake who wilo has 1125 spent a lifetime in the stud study of meta I and forestry and who prefers to be known for the present as takes Issue with tile the university professors in their quarrel with Dr A Henry Miller the forester employed to look after the trees at the state university He inti intimates intimates mates that Professor bark Is worse than his bite In his criticism of Dr Miller fi II er Professor Cardiff says sas that the bark of the trees contains cork which would prevent any application or fluid of an any kind from froni penetrating to the sap of the tree This statement provokes a smile from La Drs Dr Cardiff he says Is some somewhat somewhat what mixed on his geography The species des cies of oak trees trets from which cork is oh ob obtained tamed says grows only In Inthe inthe the south of Europe anSI in Algeria and not on the university campus lie He adds that as there are tre many kinds of trees there are also various forns of bark From hIs somewhat extensive library of agricultural and botanical works this scientist produces many authorities tn In that tile the bark of trees that Is i being Injured by Insects and foreign vege vegetable vegetable table growths can best be remedied by applying a solution of common salt and milk of lye he the substances disclosed b by tile the analysis of Dr Ebaugh Tile The analysis of this chemist Is also criticised by La lIe says that the analysis is Incomplete it does not give the agent used to dissolve the salt and the thee I e I should like to see Dr Miller and the i university professors debate this ques question tion said It would be beve bevery ve very Interesting to know their views in inthis inthis this matter and the reasons why they hold such audi opinions I know Dr Miller only by I have always him spoken of as an experienced forester and an agriculturalist whose opinion on plant life Is an authority I know the university professors Involved in this dis as bookmen and theorists lark ark larking arkIng Ing the experience to give them thema a thorough knowledge of vegetation Tile The communication of with reference to the bark of Dr Cardiff fol follows follows lows Webster describes bark as follows exterior covering of the trunk and branches of 1 a tree The rind I outer bark of the cork tree tre I quercus saber suber of which stoppers for bottles and casks arc made Cuthbert W V Johnsons Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Agricultural Chemistry says saS rInd or covering of the woody part of a tree It Is composed of three distinct layers or of whIch the outermost is called the epidermis the next the parenchyma and the Innermost 01 that In contact with ith the wood the tho cortical layers aers Tile The epidermis Is a thin transparent tOIl membrane TIe The par parenchyma ma Is tender succulent and of a green The cortical la layers ers or oJ lilier consIst of thin membranes encircling ca eacil h other and these seem seeni to Increase ae with the age of the plant The liber or the Ule Inner bark Is also known b by its great whiteness flexibility toughness and durability The fibers In Its tex texture texture ture are ligneous tubes It Is the part ot of the stem through which the juices desCend and the organ In w the gen gener generative er sap from wh whence nce sail all the other otherl l parts originate is iF from th leaves The bark in it its Interstices eon COll talus cells which are filled wIth Jutes g of very ery varying qualities some Borne like th oak remarkable for their others like the cinnamon bark abound aboundIng abounding Ing with essential oil others as aa tl th Jesuits bark containing an alkali some are mucilaginous many re resinous inous etc I the outer bark of a of oa oak that grows abundantly in th Y south or of Europe and Algeria The bark of trees Is best betit from parasitical mosses and noxious Insect with which It is wont to be Infected h being washed with lime water or a tion of common salt In wAter foi ounces to the gallon and applied with plasterers brush brUEh The statement of the results of th analytical test as reported by the chemi Is Incomplete and misleading as aa It Indi Indicates cates only the character of the chemical 10 but omits to report the nature aud per percentage of the solvent LABOn Dr Miller compromised with the sity yesterday relinquIshed h contract to treat the campus trees and 10 for services rendered |