Show the practical cultivator understands that nature makes provision for getting rid of the bark of trees as the trunk increases in-creases in size On the growth of the past season may be seen small olive spots Thes are formations of cork From year to year in subsequent development devel-opment these little patches spread really real-ly eating their way through tho bark This is the provision which nature makes for finally rifting the bark in each species of plant These cork cells have their own special lines of development develop-ment and this is tho reason why each kind of tree has its own particular bark The characteristics are so prordneut that clever observers can select different kinds of trees by their bark oven at midnight As it is the evident intention inten-tion of nature to get rid of old bark it Is a great help to the tree to assist nature na-ture in this respect and any washes treatment which aids the plant in getting get-ting rid of it is a practical advantage Soapy water washes or lye water is useful use-ful and even scraping has been found of great advantage In a rough sort of way lime wash is frequently used tho onlyobjection being thewhite and glaring glar-ing color It is however tho cheapest and tho best of all bark treatment Jleehans Monthly |