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APPENDIX, 



Modes op PftOTECTiNG. 



\ As many persons having small gardens are at a loss for a place in which 

 I to keep their half-hardy plants during M'inter, I have thought it may be 

 I useful to give a 

 ; short descrip- r^ — '— , - - ? ' ■ — ^-^ — > — ' — ■- ^ t ' — .-^- — ^ — . — i- 



tion of the most 

 ! simple contri- 

 vance I know, 

 for effecting the 

 desired pur- 

 1 pose. It is to 

 have a frame 

 I made of wood 

 (which can be 

 put together by 

 any common 

 carpenter), 

 erected against 

 the wall of a 



stable, or in any convenient place, where it will be out of sight. — When 

 the frame is erected, a wall of manure should be formed, as shown in 



fig. 68 ; or if manure cannot be 

 b ^j:yr^^ realily obtained, turf, or stones, 

 or bricks lined with straw or hay 

 will do. Within this wall the 

 pots may be placed as closely as 

 possible ; and where manure can 

 be obtained easily, a little may 

 be laid on the earth in each pot. 

 Some Russian matting, old carpet, 

 tarpaulin, or baize, may then be 

 nailed over the top and sides of 

 the frame, and a piece left loose 

 to hang down in front like a cur- 

 tain. When the weather is very 

 severe, an additional covering of 

 matting, or old blankets may be 

 thrown over the frame ; but the 

 curtain in front should be thrown 

 up to admit the air, whenever the 

 weather is sufficiently mild ; and 

 the mat in front should be kept 

 fastened up, and an oil-cloth 

 thrown over the frame in con- 

 tinued rains, lest the plants should 

 damp off. 



Where there are tree Paeonies 

 or other plants in the open ground, 

 which require a slight protection 



