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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



PROTECTING HARDY SHRUBS IN WINTER. 



(Selected from American gardening.) 



It is a most gratifying sign of the standing of American horticul- 

 ture, that the hardy flowering shrubs are being much more exten- 

 sively planted about our homes than was formerly the case. It is 

 not hard to understand why they should be popular with all lovers 

 of attractive lawns; it is pleasant to observe that in proportion as 

 our nurserymen, landscape gardeners and writers have urged their 

 merits on the people, the latter have planted them freely. 



Take it in the city of Buffalo, N. Y., there are streets in the resi- 

 dence part on which, within the length of a block, one may count 

 more than a hundred flowering shrubs growing in front of the 

 homes. With an occasional exception these consist of kinds that 



Ready for covering 



Shrub in its natural aspect. 

 Protecting Shrubs for the Winter. 



All snus 



succeed well and impart beauty to the surroundings to the satis- 

 faction of the owner. 



The first cost of the more reliable kinds is small, much less than 

 that of the same number of trees; they transplant with a small per- 

 centage of loss, less than one finds in the average planting of trees; 

 they are attractive in bloom and growth almost from the first 

 season, in which respect they are matchless in overcoming the com- 

 mon defect of new homes and lawns, namely, bare appearance from 

 lack of woody growth. Shrubs planted thickly produce a substan- 

 tial effect of foliage and flowers sooner than any other kind of ma- 

 terial that can be named, one of the strongest points in favor of 

 these. 



But satisfactory as are the hardy shrubs in almost every case for 

 summer adornment, yet when the winter season arrives, many plan. 



