DYEING THE TREES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3526, 13 July 1920, Page 7

DYEING THE TREES.

The stfltonxcm by ‘L\l_z' Alfred J. \\''in slip, of the Cambridge Sc-.hm>l of FOl-0:;

'n-;_. that it ‘.'.‘il3. .2001‘: be possible to grow squzlre tvces in Very intel'estin;_;' in View of some new Amel'i«_-:m experiments. . These liz'lve delnons?i'ate_d the fact that it is cgtlitzg 21 siml)le_;=::zlttel' to pioduce wood ulnl:>s‘t any colour while the tree is actually alive. '3O th-.lt when the tree is t’elle‘<] the Wood is green. ol'mlge_, blue, red, or whatever shade may have been desire.d, rigllt t'hl'ough tn the core. " ‘ The plim, whielT‘l.<3 really quite simple. is on the ,following lines:— In the hpring of the year a hole is bored rig'llt through the tree. trunk from one Side to the other. The cut‘ is made 1L foot or so‘ above the ground level aml it is arrzlnged so that ii"

sirmts Sliglxtly do\\'nwzn'ds. The diumetor of the bore is three or four inches and the lower opening is c‘.osv<'i with a plug.

E A stmilg aniline dye solution of the ‘desired Colnur is pl'op:li'ed and this is poured into the hole until it is full. The dye mixture is caught by -tho j§'ising sup of the tree, and very soon the Ilewost layers of wood (those just below HIP bark) ate stained. The amount. at dye solution which :1 tree will tukv up V'.ll'ios with the dif't'ei'ont kinds; tin some cases :1 gallon :1 d:l_\f has b"(=n :Ibso2'be(l. ‘in otliors liurdly this nmomit in :1 week willibo accounted for.

In -_u:v case, sooner or later (the

I)u.~§no.~': znzxy i:1l-:.a;- :1 number of \\’oc'l'!..~':; Hm dve‘ :1‘; 11-B.‘ }:-.-12olx‘2It(§.< hvarr of the txvmnk. Then the wlmle 01? 1‘ tiw \"O()(1‘:iS unif<_>rnlly <=.oloure(l in the g «l«‘sil‘.<\d sllzufic, and. Seeing that the dye : l~.:1:< M_=xlo‘u':xfed into the Vol'y tissue of $ ~fh9 "mod, it is quite impossible over! to get it out. T 711115 -the timber is per- ! muncntly cL)1(:111'od and can be v:ll'nish~ ml 01‘ polishpd right nv.‘:l}' wil’lmut' nuy f~.::'t‘l:el' tl'c2tl'xnelxt. A n C'u:~iousl_\;, the doses ’of dye mixture have no marked efltbrzt on the g;:n\\'Hl of the tron as :1 whole. The foliage‘? is ;_rx'L-On. in :1 g(me1':1l way, although‘ um‘; zuul again sligtht tr:l('o.s' of the élyo

can be observed in the Veins of the leaves. -Most of the colour sc-oms to be lwld up in the woo<l_\,' i'i.<suos.