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Show PRUNING. ff -" .). Use of Paint In Covering Wounds Prevent Decay and Killing of Tree. Pruning n treo In n dormnnt state tlmulnten growth, whllo pruning In summer, thnt Is, through tho growing season, In Juno nnd July, checks the growth. If wo understand this principle princi-ple wo nro nblo to do sotno good pruning prun-ing of our trees. Hut It Is a fact that moro trees hava been ruined by ovurprunlng Uian by not enough Tree Ruined by Careless Pruning. (The rotten hole goos nlo th0 ,lMrt o the tree. It would not hnvo roltixl If tin wound had limn pulntod. Tliuro la no wuj of anMnu Hie tn-o now.) pruning. This, hnwovor, Is no oxcus for not pruning nt all. Judlcloui pruning of fruit nnd ornntnontnl troei Is Just as necessary In successful or churdlng nnd thu treo growing as any other work, Thoro Is no excuse, howover, for tho wanton neglect that results in tho dnmago lllustrnted above. A llttlo paint smeared over thu wound would have saved thu tree, |