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it be as light and porous as possible. Leaves 

 are excellent, if one can get enough of them. 

 Lay boards or evergreen branches or wire net- 

 ting over them to prevent their being blown 

 away. The hardier sorts of hybrid Tea Roses 

 should have their tops cut off close to the 

 ground and be covered with at least a foot of 

 leaves, confined within a peri of boards or an 

 old box. 



The Teas and so-called Ever-bloomers a 

 class comprising the Bengal, Noisette, and 

 Chinese roses are so tender that they cannot 

 be expected to survive the rigors of a Northern 

 winter unless they are given the very best of 

 protection. Even then they cannot always be 

 depended on. Several methods are employed. 

 Some pack straw snugly about the plants and 

 cover it with four or five inches of earth. 

 Others make little bundles of straw and lay 

 two tiers of them all about the plants at right 

 angles, thus making a sort of house of 

 straw, which is filled in with leaves or litter, 

 with a roof of evergreen branches. Either 

 of these methods, if carefully carried out, 

 will save seventy-five per cent, of the plants. 

 Those who cannot obtain straw can use 

 earth alone, putting leaves, litter, or other 



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