Show HEALING WOUNDS OF PLANTS what might almost algoet be B termed surgical operations operation are frequently employed by gardeners gardener it seems strange to think of a plant being put into splints very much in the same way as the surgeon fixes up a broken bone says st nicholas yet this plan Is often followed in the modern garden prom from one cause or another a bough becomes broken although the parts are not actually severed frequently this Is due to the weight of the fruit in this case money will be lost it if something can not be done to repair the injury it Is here th that at the practice of put pitt ti ting ng n plant in splints becomes useful flint arst of all the expert epert gently genth straight ens out the hent portion tills has to tn lie be done with great care so in ns is if pos se to avoid a complete fracture then he takes two splints lengths of wood n little wider atler than the brunch branch and long enough to allow several indies inches above and below the break and binds them thein in pince not tot too tightly or it would hamper the clr cir cuin clintion tion of the sop sap when the splints are well adjusted cotton wool Is tucked into any exposed parts about the frac ture in hi this manner the action of the air te it excluded na as fur far as possible if the matter hns has been looted looked after promptly there Is no reason wh the growth above the break should not go on steadily finally the wound Is so sn completely healed that the place where the break took place Is as strong ni any other part of the plant new york post |