Colouring Growing Trees
For some time horticulturists have been successfully producing new colours in Howers, but only recently have attempts been made to colour permanently the wood of growing trees. In a receiit experiment the rising sap was used' as the carrying agent of a dye. Two inlets were oni consisting of a number of holes in the trunk abort 4ft above ground love’, and the oiicr holes bored in .some of the larger roots. A reservoir containing the dye was suspended from a high branch and connected to the two inlets by rubber tubing. The amount of dye required •lej ended on the size of the tree, and in some cases as much as 100 gallons was rcqui eci.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 261, 3 November 1928, Page 18 (Supplement)
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120Colouring Growing Trees Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 261, 3 November 1928, Page 18 (Supplement)
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