Fig. 103. 



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tectors, &c. ; temporary structures are such as are taken to pieces 

 every time they are removed from place to place, such as tem- 

 porary copings, canvas or glass screens, 

 &c. ; and moveable structures are those 

 which can be removed entire, such as the 

 common hotbed frame. 



Wicker-work structures for protecting 

 plants may be of any convenient form. 

 Fig. 103 consists of a rim about two feet 

 high, and a semicircular cover for taking 

 off during fine days ; it has been used at 

 Britton Hall to protect half-hardy Rhodo- 

 dendrons. Fig. 104 shows various forms 

 which have been used for protecting tender plants during winter, at 

 Abbotsbury, in Dorsetshire : a is a semicircular hurdle, to protect 

 plants trained against a wall, especially if newly planted and exposed 



Wicker-work protector for 

 low shrubs. 



to a sunny or windy quarter ; b is 

 a double semicircular hurdle or split 

 cylinder, with loops on each side 

 forming hinges or clasps. This is 

 useful to put round the stems of 

 young trees, whose branches are too 

 spreading to allow of a circular 

 hurdle being passed over them from 

 above. It is used as a protection 

 against hares and rabbits in a 

 shrubbery ; c is a large cylindrical 

 basket to cover tall shrubs, with 

 a vizor, or window, to be turned 

 towards the sun or away from the 

 wind, but to admit air. These 

 three forms are chiefly adapted for 

 permanent defences in the winter 

 season. The following are for use 

 in spring : d is the simple form of 

 basket or circular hurdle, closed on 

 every side and at top, intended to 

 protect low bushes, or growing her- 

 baceous plants coming into flower ; 

 e is a bell-shaped wicker case with 

 a handle, for covering during the 



Fig. 104. 



Wicker-work protectors of various 

 kinds. 



night plants that shoot early in spring. All these forms are con- 

 structed of stakes of hazel, oak, or other wood, strong and pointed so 

 as to be firmly fixed in the ground, and the wattled work is of willow 

 wands or young shoots of hazel, snowberry, or whatever can be most 

 conveniently got from the woods. For newly planted conifers, square 

 branches stuck round within a foot of the branches, and as high as, or 

 higher than, the top of the trees, is an excellent protection. It is a good 

 practice to leave these rustic protectors for one or two whole years, as 



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