A HINT TO GARDENERS.
In case of a wound to a tree which it is wished to preserve, the first thing to do is to imitate nature by artificial and more speedy processes. The cut should be quickly covered so as to exclude air and moisture with tar or similar substance. If the wound is rough and splintered it should first be made as smooth as possible. Large limbs should be cut at seasons when tar can be most easily aud surely applied, either in autumn or early winter and care should be used during the cutting by^ropping up the branches or other means, that the bark on the lower side may not be torn away when the limb is nearly severed. As the callous gradually grows over a wound, there is danger of a " pocket " being formed at the lower side of the wound which will hold water and furnish a favourable means for the action of rot and fungi; hsnce this part of the wound should receive special care and attention in the coating it with tar.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1871, 17 February 1892, Page 4
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179A HINT TO GARDENERS. Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1871, 17 February 1892, Page 4
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