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Show Forester tells how to keep tree beautiful To keep your Christmas tree fresh and pretty, give it the water treatment. Cut off the end of the trunk diagonally at least 1 inch above the original i cut. Stand the tree at once In : a container of water and keep it there all the time you have , ( it In the house. j Be sure the water level is I above thee ut surface. This will I keep the needles from drying out and becoming flammable. As an added guard against fire, you may wish to spray the tree with a fireretarding coating. This recipe, from the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory Labora-tory at Madison, Wisconsin, will also make the needles shiny and translucent. Mix together nine parts water wa-ter glass (sodium silicate, available at drug stores) and one part water to which a tea- I spoon of detergent has been I added. Spray or paint on your I tree for added beauty and I saety. i |