WINTER INJURY AND HOW TO AVOID IT 



SUITABLE PLACING OF SHRUBS 



Shrubs often suffer by being placed in most trying situa- 

 tions, which a gardener of tact would avoid. There are many 

 plants, hardy enough as far as being able to live in the North 

 is concerned, but which, like the novel-heroines of fifty years 

 ago, feel the need of a strong and sustaining personality in 

 the background. With a windbreak of sturdy pines and spruces 

 to temper the force of the northeasters, many trees, which 

 under other conditions would have easily been reported as 

 "winter-killed," can enjoy a long and useful life. At Morris- 

 town, N. J., for instance, Mr. D. W. Langton has brought the 

 Southern yellow jessamine (Gelseminum qfficinale) through 

 two winters, quite unprotected, except for being placed in a 

 sheltered situation. 



The early-flowering magnolias, which use valor rather than 

 discretion in blooming, should never be asked to bear the 

 brunt of March winds not if the gardener would enjoy their 

 full beauty. Kobus and stellata would certainly not be killed, 

 but the chance of their dazzling wealth of blossoms being un- 

 hurt is greatly reduced. Such trees may hardly be said to 

 need protection except from the consequences of their own 

 rashness. 



ALL TREES AND SHRUBS PROFIT BY MULCHING 



Of all the winter comforts afforded trees or shrubs, "mulch- 

 ing" is by far the most common, as it is the easiest. All trees 

 and shrubs and hedges and shrubbery borders profit by it. 

 This operation is simply a "bedding" of the trees, as a farmer 

 beds his cattle, covering the ground directly about the tree 

 (including a diameter equal to the spread of its branches) 

 with manure or stable litter or dead leaves to the depth of 



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