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hocks, and Dahlia beds, and when found destroy 

 them. On the under side of boards, steps, and under 

 the edge of the siding of the house will be found the 

 cocoons of the hickory tussock-moth and the cabbage- 

 worm, all of which should be destroyed. After re- 

 moving the dead annuals rake over the beds, leaving 

 them clean and neat. 



Beds of perennials, Roses, bulbs, and especially of 

 Lilies and Peonies, must be well rounded up to shed 

 water, as all plants are injured by water standing 

 about their roots. If not already high enough to 

 admit of this, more earth must be added to raise them 

 sufficiently. The earth from the window-boxes may 

 be used to advantage, especially for the Tea-rose bed, 

 where a foot of mellow earth, brought well up around 

 the plants and rounded to shed water, will so protect 

 them that, though the tops may freeze, all below the 

 soil will be likely to live. Over this should be placed 

 several inches of rough litter or leaves and a frame 

 of rough boards put around the beds and covered with 

 sash, canvas, or boards to shed rain. 



Young climbing Roses should have three or four 

 inches of earth banked up around them; wrap their 

 tops with straw or sacking, or old carpet may be 

 drawn over them and tacked to the trellis or support 

 on which they grow. Plants under the eaves of the 

 house, where the water drips, should have boards 

 arranged to catch and divert it to the lawn. 



Protect equally from the cold winds of winter and 



