THE GARDEN 



in amateur gardening, will have to be protected 

 against severe freezing. A good plan is to set 

 boards up about the tank or basin containing 

 the plants in such a manner as to leave a space 

 of about a foot between the surface of the 

 water and the covering. Lay boards across 

 these, and then cover with at least a foot of 

 coarse litter, heaping it up well about the sides 

 of the tank. With such a covering the plants 

 will no doubt freeze to some extent, but not 

 sufficiently to injure them. The roots of ten- 

 der varieties should be packed in moist soil 

 and stored in the cellar, where the temperature 

 can be kept at about fifty degrees. 



The amateur gardener often finds it difficult 

 to decide as to the time when winter protection 

 should be given his plants. Sometimes we 

 have pleasant weather until late in fall, and we 

 put off this work from day to day, thinking 

 they would be injured by covering them while 

 warm weather continued. All at once cold 

 weather comes and finds our plants wholly un- 

 prepared for it. We at once set about doing 

 the work that ought to have been done before, 

 but whatever is done under unpleasant condi- 

 tions is likely to be poorly done, and the result 

 of our neglect is quite apparent when spring 



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