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clumps of six inch diameter could be 

 planted two feet apart. After a year or 

 two's growth every other one could be 

 taken out. 



We did not not think there was any 

 question as to the hardiness of the Ameri- 

 can holly in New York. It is wild in 

 Pennsylvania and also in Massachusetts. 

 Plant it in spring, and for the first winter 

 or two place forest leaves about the 

 plants, to keep frost out of the ground, 

 and we think it would thrive. 



Mayflower. 



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PROTECTING CLEMATIS. 



How should clematis be protected dur- 

 ing the winter? I had several large vines 

 of C. Jackmaani that had been doing 

 splendidly two summers, but last winter 

 I lost nearly all of them. They were 

 growing around the porch, on the west 

 side of the house in a rather exposed situ- 

 ation. I had them heavily mulched with 

 stable manure. They were growing in 

 clay soil. 



Now I have young vines, of the same 

 kind, planted last spring in the same 

 place, and would like to know how to 

 protect them during the winter. 



Wisconsin. Mrs. D. Hamilton. 



Clematis heavily mulched with manure, 



kind and also of the other kinds that will 

 be needed? 



What grasses do you think will look 

 well planted with the above named? Do 

 not want anything that will not prove 

 perfectly hardy in this section of the coun- 

 try (with protection). Please give me an 

 idea as to the arrangement of the different 

 kinds in the bed. 



Do you think American holly could be 

 raised around here if well protected each 

 vear? How would vou protect same? 



Schenectady, N. Y. L. W. Case. 



If you get what florists call clumps, it 

 would not require many plants for your 

 bed. One large clump of Arundo Donas. 

 would do, either one or three should be 

 used. Around the arundo Erianthus Ra- 

 renna? should be placed. Then a circle of 

 Eulalia zebrinia, followed by another of 

 Eulalia variegata and E. gracillima. The 

 two last named could be alternated in the 

 circle. The plants grow in height to suit 

 as named. 



Just how many to use depends on the 

 size of clumps obtained. The two eula- 

 lias, zebrina and variegata, make a mass 

 of foliage which spreads to occupy much 

 space. As a guide we would say that 



Major Boyinaffon. 

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Mrs. S. T. Murdoch. 

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as these were last winter, would, under 

 favorable conditions, be more apt to live 

 the second winter than the first, simply 

 because they were more fully established 

 and naturally stronger plants. C. Jack- 

 manni is probably the hardiest of the 

 large flowered hybrids, and will stand a 

 fair amount of abuse. There must be some 

 cause that can be removed. You state 

 that your soil is clay. In a heavy clay 

 soil the drainage is generally sluggish, 

 and such may be the case with you. If 

 "the bed or hole in which the clematis is 

 planted is lower than the surface immedi- 

 ately around it so as to accumulate sur- 

 face water, or if the snow swept from the 

 porch covers the plant and is allowed to 

 thaw and freeze, then the trouble may be 

 attributed to these causes. We are in- 

 clined to think that one of these two con- 

 ditions is the cause of the trouble. 



We would suggest that you examine 

 the surface level, and if water would nat- 

 urally stand around the plant, to fill in 

 with soil so as to make a small hillock. 

 When fairly cold weather sets in cut your 



